Cataract of the Ganges
Event Information
Venue(s):
Grand Opera House
Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly
Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly
Conductor(s):
Auguste Predigam
Price: $1, $1.50, $2, $.50 family circle
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 November 2024
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
27 Jan 1873, 7:45 PM28 Jan 1873, 7:45 PM
29 Jan 1873, 7:45 PM
30 Jan 1873, 7:45 PM
31 Jan 1873, 7:45 PM
01 Feb 1873, 1:30 PM
01 Feb 1873, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
An account of the fall of an unruly horse into the orchestra pit, where he produced “a series of sounds that were probably the expression of equine amazement and dismay” during the remainder of the performance. The orchestra had “vanished like mice through the doors beneath the footlights, and the rider of the steed managed to escape unhurt.” “…how that horse was got out of the orchestra remains as much a mystery as how the apple gets into the pudding.”
Brief; no mention of music. “On Thursday evening, during the performance, one of the horses became unmanageable and backed off the stage into the orchestra. Neither the horse nor its rider was injured. Some little consternation was expressed by the musicians.”