Schneewittchen und die Zwerge
Event Information
Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]
Manager / Director:
Adolph Neuendorff
Conductor(s):
Julius Witt
Hermann Rietzel
Price: $.75 reserved first ring and parquet; $.50 first ring; $.35 parterre; $.25 second ring; $.15 gallery
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
1 November 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM26 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
Program Details
The sisters of the Martinetti family directed a children’s ballet titled “Pas des Serieux.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“Grand chorus of 40 girls and boys. Orchestra of 25 boys…Directed by eleven-year-old Hermann Rietzel.”
Full cast list with roles. Scene list.
“All of the roles in the piece [Schneewittchen und die Zwerge] are entrusted to children; the choir and orchestra, which also consists of boys and girls, will be conducted by the eleven-year-old Hermann Rietzel. Accordingly, admission prices have been significantly reduced throughout the holiday week.” Also notes that the theater is closed on 12/24/74 in observance of Christmas Eve.