Richings English Opera: La fille du régiment

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 April 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Mar 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Caroline Richings used a bravura aria from Ricci's opera Chi dura vince as a finale.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Richings English Opera Company;  Caroline Richings (role: Marie);  Edward E. Lamb;  William J. [tenor] Hill;  Edward S. C. Seguin;  Mrs. William J. [Richings Opera] Hill;  Mrs. E. D. Hardy;  Henry C. [bass] Peakes
2)
Fille du régiment, La
aka Daughter of the Regiment, The ; Figlia del reggimento, La; Child of the Regiment, The; Regimentstochter, Die
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Saint-Georges, Bayard
Participants:  Caroline Richings (role: Marie)
3)
Chi dura vince, ovvero La luna di miel
Composer(s): Ricci

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 March 1864, 7.
“Increased Orchestra, Augmented Chorus.”
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 08 March 1864, 2.
Diary of Amusements.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 March 1864.

4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 10 March 1864, 8.
Well attended by an elegant audience.
5)
Review: New York Post, 10 March 1864, 2.

Brief. “The ‘Child of the Regiment’ has been given during the week, Miss Richings introducing as a finale a well-known bravura air by Ricci, originally from the opera ‘Chi dura Vince.’”