Alhambra

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.50; $.50 and $1 extra, reserved seat

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Jan 1873, Evening
15 Jan 1873, Matinee
15 Jan 1873, Evening
16 Jan 1873, Evening
17 Jan 1873, Evening
18 Jan 1873, Matinee
18 Jan 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Alhambra, The
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Lauri Family;  Martens Family;  Pauline [actress] Markham
2)
Violin solo
3)
"Duetto buffo di due gatti"
aka Cat duet
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Martens Family

Citations

1)
Article: New York Clipper, 11 January 1873, 326.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 January 1873, 7.

“Burlesque, pantomime, novelties.” 

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 14 January 1873, 2.

Unavoidable postponement from Monday until Tuesday evening.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 15 January 1873, 5.

No mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Herald, 15 January 1873, 7.

“Other noticeable features which are not properly part of the play, but important parts of the entertainment, are the violin solo of Mr. Marten, the famous ‘cat duet’ of the Martens and the mystic changes of Mr. Morris.”

6)
Review: New York Sun, 16 January 1873, 2.

“This is notably the case in regard to the violin solo by Mr. Marten, in which he imitates the ridiculous affectations of the modern virtuoso with a wonderful fidelity irresistibly provocative of laughter. The well-known cat duet was of course received with much favor.”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 January 1873, 342.

Brief; no mention of music.