Opera Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Adolphe Gaffre

Price: $5

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 August 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Feb 1875, 10:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Offenbach

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 February 1875, 16.

“Three troupes of French grotesque dancers.”

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 24 February 1875, 7.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 25 February 1875, 7.
4)
Review: New York Post, 25 February 1875, 1.

“The ‘Grand Opera Ball’ at the Academy of Music last night was rendered a failure by the action of the police, who had been instructed by the Commissioners to remove all masks, under the act of 1829, which prohibits all masked assemblies. This order was rigidly enforced by Captain Gunner, and but few dancers went upon the floor.”

5)
Review: New York Herald, 25 February 1875, 7.