Lalla Rookh

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
John F. [manager] Cole

Manager / Director:
John F. [manager] Cole

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM
22 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM
23 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Lalla Rookh; or, The pearl of India
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  Susan Galton;  Emma Cline
2)
Lalla Rookh, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Tissington

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 March 1872, 7.

Complete cast and scene synopsis.

2)
Review: New York Sun, 18 March 1872, 2.

“The music is picturesque and often melodious and rich in coloring.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 19 March 1872, 10.

Brief; no mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Post, 19 March 1872, 2.

“Miss Susan Galton, as a mischievous boy lover, sings better than is customary on the theatrical stage.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 19 March 1872, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 March 1872, 5.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 20 March 1872, 3.

“…the parts of a pair of lovers—are very pleasantly filled by Miss Emma Cline and Miss Susan Galton, and they enliven their roles with some pretty and striking duets and songs.”

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 March 1872, 414.

Complete cast; synopsis. “Miss Susan Galton, as Pinion, was hardly up to the requirements of that character, her voice not being strong enough to fill so large a house, and she lacked in archness and vivacity, but she sang the music allotted to her with taste and discrimination, and her performance of the ‘Lover and the Nightingale’ met with a hearty encore. Miss Emma Cline acted Liskar with spirit, and won much applause for singing several songs.”