Natalie
Event Information
Venue(s):
Winter Garden
Proprietor / Lessee:
Humphrey Bland
Conductor(s):
Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
10 September 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 Aug 1863, EveningProgram Details
Natalie was written expressly for Powers. First time.
Performers and/or Works Performed
3)
aka Death barge of the Loire
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Citations
1)
Winter Garden “will open its next [season] on this day next week, under the able management of Mr. Humphrey Bland and the stellar auspices of Mrs. D.P. Bowers.”
3)
“This popular place of amusement has been entirely CLEANSED AND RENOVATED. . . . NEW MUSIC by the Orchestra (which has been considerably augmented), under the direction of Mr. Mollenhauer.”
5)
Says opening night was Monday. “Mr. Mollenhauer has composed some incidental music.”
7)
No mention of music. “On the whole, a more acceptable performance . . . has not been given this season.”
8)
“The Winter Garden was reopened Monday evening . . . with a new manager, a new company, a new star, and a new piece. . . . Of the play itself, it may be said, on the whole, to have been a success.”
9)
No mention of music. “‘Natalie’ lurches awkwardly toward the sensation school; and, in fact, is rather Boweryish in the first act.”