New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera; Barbe-bleue

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]

Manager / Director:
Adolph Neuendorff

Conductor(s):
Adolph Neuendorff

Price: $15, $12, $10 boxes; $1.50, $1 parquet and first ring reserved; $.75 first ring; $.50 parterre; $.35 second ring; $.25 gallery

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Blue Beard; Bluebeard
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Halévy, Meilhac
Participants:  New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera Company;  Louise Beckmann (role: Princess Hermia);  F. [tenor] Schütz (role: Barbe-Bleue);  Herr [tenor] Witt (role: King Bobèche);  Mrs. [mezzo-soprano] Witt (role: Queen Clémentine);  Herr Schönwolff (role: Popolani);  [tenor] Rohbeck II (role: Alvarez);  [baritone] Rohbeck I (role: Oscar);  Herr [tenor] Lauber (role: Prince Saphir);  Fräulein [mezzo-soprano] Weinhold (role: Boulotte)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 17 December 1874, 6.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 December 1874, 2.