Event Information

Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre

Event Type:
Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 May 1874, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Millard
Text Author: Flagg
3)
Composer(s): Clay
Text Author: Stephenson

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 08 May 1874, 7.

“Miss Helen L. D. Potter gave a very enjoyable entertainment at this theatre yesterday afternoon, in which she displayed considerable powers as a dramatic reader, especially in her imitations of Mrs. Scott-Siddons, Anna Dickinson, Julia Ward Howe and John B. Gough, which were very clever and lifelike. Miss Lizzie Brophy sung Millard’s popular composition, ‘Waiting,’ and, for an encore, Clay’s beautiful song, ‘She wandered down the mountain side.’ She has a pure soprano voice of rare sympathetic quality, and on this occasion she used it with an effect only to be sought for in a professional artist or one whose instincts lead towards expression, finish and tenderness in singing. The regular orchestra of the theatre played some selections.”