New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera: Postilion of Lonjumeau

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Eduard Hamann [prop.-dir.]
Hermann Rosenberg

Manager / Director:
Carl Rosa
Adolph Neuendorff

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Oct 1871, Evening

Program Details

Performed in German.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Postillon de Lonjumeau, Le
aka The Coachman of Longjumeau
Composer(s): Adam
Text Author: Leuven, Brunswick
Participants:  New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera Company;  Edward [baritone] Vierling (role: Marquis de Corcy);  Adolph [bass] Franosch (role: Biju);  Theodore Wachtel (role: Chapelou);  Johanna Rotter (role: Madeline)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 October 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 07 October 1871, 3.

“The great German tenor gave last night the highest evidence of his popularity by attracting to this theatre the largest house ever known within its walls. The opera was ‘The Postilion of Lonjumeau,’ of which we have already given our opinion. Whatever may be the opinion of musicians and critics concerning the utter worthlessness of this opera and the mere sensational singing of the tenor, one thing is certain, and that is that the receipts last night exceeded $3,300. This is a sufficient reply to the question of popularity, and there is no doubt that never before did an operatic artist receive such an undeniable recognition from the hands of the public of his great talents.”