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:
21 April 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
16 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
18 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Apr 1872, 2:00 PM
20 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 April 1872, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 20 April 1872, 2.

Perfuming of the theater by a fountain placed in the grand vestibule near the grand staircase; changing of the perfume every ten minutes.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 27 April 1872, 30.

Comparatively small audiences; need for a succession of novelties to hold the audience’s attention.