Saratoga

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Robert August Stoepel

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1870, Evening
22 Dec 1870, Evening
23 Dec 1870, Evening
24 Dec 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Saratoga; or, Pistols for seven, [drama]
Text Author: Howard
2)
Saratoga; or, Pistols for seven, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Stoepel

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 December 1870, 9.

“ …by a gentleman of this city”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 22 December 1870, 7.

Brief mention of Stoepel’s music. “This scene [Saratoga Springs] was greatly enhanced by the following serenade, composed and sung by Mr. Arthur Mathison, the music by Stoepel” (The lyrics are given.) “This is the crowning pictorial feature of the play, and of course it was heartily encored.”

3)
Review: New York Sun, 23 December 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 December 1870, 310.

Complete cast listing. “A very effective song composed and sung by Mr. Aarthur Mathison, the music by Stoepel, added much to the effect of this scene, and it was liberally encored.