Aim�e Opera Bouffe: La Jolie Parfumeuse

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre

Conductor(s):
Charles [conductor] Van Ghel

Price: $1; $1.50 reserved seat; $.50 family circle; $15 proscenium boxes; $1 reserved balcony stall

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Apr 1875, Evening
27 Apr 1875, Evening
28 Apr 1875, Evening
29 Apr 1875, Evening
30 Apr 1875, Evening
01 May 1875, Evening
01 May 1875, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Jolie parfumeuse, La
Composer(s): Offenbach
Participants:  Aimée Opera Bouffe Company;  Marie Aimée (role: Rose Michon);  Mlle. Cantrelle (role: Le Julienne);  Blanche Gandon (role: Bavolet);  Monsieur Debeer (role: La Cocardiere);  Charles Kolletz (role: Poirot);  Mlle. [soprano] Nardynne;  Mlle. [soprano] Vandelet (role: Madelon);  [baritone] Arrigatti (role: Germain);  Mlle. [vocalist] Livry

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 April 1875, 11.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 May 1875, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 01 May 1875, 10.

“In the sparkling opera of ‘La Jolie Parfumeuse,’ one of the most attractive works of the extensive répertoire of opéra bouffe, Mlle. Aimée last evening introduced one of Therese’s songs, ‘Les Canards,’ and a song and dance of the veritable minstrel pattern, ‘Pretty as a Picture.’ The house was crowded to overflowing and the fair artist received very many encores for her ‘English act.’ Her pronunciation of our vernacular was very correct, although it lacked the unction of the plantation, and Birch or Backus would have envied the peculiar swagger and tantalizing break down that followed each verse. Mlle. Aimée should now turn her attention seriously to some light sketches of the song and dance order in English, and from that she may yet attain a leading position in English opera and organize a troupe of her own. In opéra bouffe, in her own language, she is inimitable.”