Holman Opera Troupe

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mrs. Holman’s Broadway Academy of Music

Price: $.25 matinee; .15 matinee children

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jun 1864, Evening
21 Jun 1864, Evening
22 Jun 1864, Evening
22 Jun 1864, 3:00 PM
23 Jun 1864, Evening
24 Jun 1864, Evening
25 Jun 1864, Evening
25 Jun 1864, 3:00 PM

Program Details



“Amusements This Evening” in the NYT lists Bohemian Girl at Holman’s this week, but all other ads and announcements in the various papers say it was Beauty and the Beast.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Holman Opera Troupe;  Julia Holman;  Sallie Holman
2)
Beauty and the beast, [opera]
3)
Wanted, a family
aka Wanted a family

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 June 1864.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 June 1864, 4.
“Miss Sally sings charmingly.”
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 June 1864, 6.
“The juvenile troupe at the Holman Academy of Music, No. 720 Broadway, will represent ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Wanted a Family’ every evening this week.  The principal characters will be sustained by the two Misses Holman.”
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 June 1864, 7.
“[O]ne more week and positively the last of the season.”
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 July 1864, 94.
“The Holman Troupe brought their season to a close on Saturday evening, June 25th.”