Soldene English Opera Bouffe: Chilp�ric

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre

Manager / Director:
Carlo A. Chizzola
Maurice Grau

Conductor(s):
Charles [conductor] Van Ghel

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Chilpéric
aka Chilperic
Composer(s): Hervé
Participants:  Soldene English Opera Bouffe Company;  Emily Soldene (role: Chilpéric);  Agnes Lyndhurst (role: Fredegonde);  Lizzie Robson (role: Galsuinda);  John [tenor] Wallace (role: Fatout);  E. [bass] Marshall (role: Senna)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 December 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 December 1874, 5.

Mostly an announcement for the rest of the week’s performances, but begins: “‘Chilperic,’ as we predicted, has already disappeared.”