Grand English Opera Combination: Le nozze di Figaro

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Caroline Richings
Clarence D. Hess

Conductor(s):
S. Behrens

Price: $1.50; $1 dress circle; $.50 family circle

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Marriage of Figaro; Figaros Hochzeit
Composer(s): Mozart
Text Author: da Ponte
Participants:  Grand English Opera Combination Company;  Sherwood C. Campbell (role: Figaro);  Caroline Richings (role: Susanna);  Zelda Harrison (role: Cherubino);  Edward S. C. Seguin (role: Antonio);  Brookhouse Bowler (role: Basilio);  Rose Hersee (role: Countess);  Albert [baritone] Laurence (role: Count Almaviva);  Arthur [baritone] Howell (role: Dr. Bartolo)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 October 1870, 9.

Includes cast list.

2)
Review: New York Post, 27 October 1870, 2.

“In the ‘Marriage of Figaro,’ last night, Mrs. Richings-Bernard, Mrs. Seguin and Miss Hersee gave much satisfaction in the various songs allotted to their respective parts. The audience was numerous and apparently satisfied with the performance, though the quaint, graceful music is not of a character to evoke enthusiasm.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 October 1870, 7.

“‘The Marriage of Figaro’ on Wednesday was better than either of the two previous performances. Mrs. Bernard threw into the part of Susanna more vivacity than she usually displays, and sang the music, as she does all music, with due reverence for the text. Miss Hersee was a fascinating little Countess, and Mrs. Seguin’s Cherubino long ago became famous for all the graces both of action and of song. Campbell, Laurence, and Mr. Seguin are so well known to us in the leading male parts that only a word of general commendation is needed for them. The chorus was still imperfect, but not offensively bad, as it was in ‘The Huguenots.’”