Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Conductor(s):
Patrick S. Gilmore
Price: $5
Event Type:
Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
18 June 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
19 Jan 1875, 11:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“The music, by the famous Gilmore’s band, will consist of two complete orchestras and one hundred performers, and in this immense volume of melodic sound the most chosen gems of the repertoires of Offenbach, Lecocq, Hervé and Strauss.”
3)
“Conducted by and under the auspices of the three entire opera bouffe companies: Aimée and entire troupe, Soldene and entire troupe, Minelly and entire troupe.”
5)
“…Out of twenty pieces of music eight were Offenbach’s, three were Lecocq’s, three Strauss’ and two Weingarten’s. The eccentricities of the occasion must be reserved for another day.”