New York Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
New York Theatre (1863)

Conductor(s):
B. Fenelon

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Sep 1863, 8:00 PM
22 Sep 1863, 8:00 PM
24 Sep 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Martinetti and Marzetti families performing.

The theatre was closed on Wednesday the 23rd in consequence of the death of Mr. Fenelon, the musical director.

Mons. Fenelon, Musical dir. [MON-TUE only.]

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka Tight rope exercises; Perpendicular rope act; Tight rope divertissement; Corde tendu; Corde elastique
4)
aka Terrific trapeze; Swinging trapeze

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 21 September 1863.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 September 1863, 7.

4)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 23 September 1863.

"New Yorker Theater.  The Martinetti and Marzetti troupe continues its presentation at this theater with great success.  The ballets and pantomimes which this company presents are smooth and brilliantly costumed.  The execution of the three Brothers Martinetti on the tightrope is really worth seeing.  This week the ballet, 'The Smuggler' and 'The Green Monster and the White Knight' are in the repertoire."

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 September 1863, 7.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 October 1863, 195.

     “[T]he Martinetti and Marzetti troupe . . . have been very successful in producing those pantomimes and ballets just suited to the tastes of the public.  ‘The Green Monster and White Knight’ has made quite a hit and is nightly received with loud applause and a good attendance.”

7)
Article: New York Clipper, 03 October 1863, 195.

“Mons. E. Fenelon, well known in the profession as a first-class musical director, died in this city on Wednesday forenoon, the 23d inst., very suddenly, being seized while engaged in rehearsing an overture he was conducting at the New York Theatre (old Wallack’s), where the Martinetti troupe are now performing. He burst a blood vessel. Mons. Fenelon came to this country with the Ravels, and for several seasons traveled all over this country, conducting the musical department of their entertainments. He finally engaged with John T. Ford, and was leader of the orchestra of Ford’s Washington Theatre at the time of its destruction by fire, and was a loser to a considerable extent. In consequence of his death the New York Theatre was closed on the evening of the 23d. His funeral took place on the 25th, from the Hotel d’Europe.”