Varieties
Event Information
Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Mons. [dancer/director] Auguste
Price: $.30 parquet, first circle, second circle; .20 orchestra seats; .10 upper tier; .50 seats in balcony boxes, private boxes; $1 seats in private boxes
Event Type:
Orchestral, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 June 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
12 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM13 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
14 Sep 1864, 2:30 PM
14 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
15 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
16 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
17 Sep 1864, 7:30 PM
Program Details
“Song and dance, unidentified” – Blair
Maja de Sevilla, La, grand ballet – Rosita as La Maja, J. Zanfretta as Pe[illeg. – phal?], Auguste as Lorenzo, a Lover of La Maja, A. Zanfretta as Don Boligilo, Emmett as Lucio; corps de ballet
“Incidental to the ballet, the following dances”:
“Grand Introduction” - corps de ballet
“La Madrelina” [sic] - J. Zanfretta
“Pas Comique” - A. Zanfretta
“La Pa[illeg.]iado” pas de deux – Auguste and Rosita
“Gachaca” – Rosita
Exercises on the corde volante [Tight rope act, unidentified] – Rosita and A. Zanfretta:
“Terpsichorean feats”
“Sabot dance” feats in wooden shoes”
“Unidentified tight rope feats without a balance pole”
“Grand Finale Divertisement” – Auguste, Rosita, A. Zanfretta, J. Zanfretta
“Song and dance, unidentified” – Emmett
Maja de Sevilla, La, grand ballet – Rosita as La Maja, J. Zanfretta as Pe[illeg. – phal?], Auguste as Lorenzo, a Lover of La Maja, A. Zanfretta as Don Boligilo, Emmett as Lucio; corps de ballet
“Incidental to the ballet, the following dances”:
“Grand Introduction” - corps de ballet
“La Madrelina” [sic] - J. Zanfretta
“Pas Comique” - A. Zanfretta
“La Pa[illeg.]iado” pas de deux – Auguste and Rosita
“Gachaca” – Rosita
Exercises on the corde volante [Tight rope act, unidentified] – Rosita and A. Zanfretta:
“Terpsichorean feats”
“Sabot dance” feats in wooden shoes”
“Unidentified tight rope feats without a balance pole”
“Grand Finale Divertisement” – Auguste, Rosita, A. Zanfretta, J. Zanfretta
“Song and dance, unidentified” – Emmett
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Varieties, corps de ballet; Varieties, orchestra; M. [Varieties] Antoine; Josephine Zanfretta; Leone Cassa; Viro Farrand; Dora Dawron; Thomas [actor] Owens; Fanny Archer [vocalist]; Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett; Augusta Walby; Billy [Varieties] Blair; Mr. A. [Varieties] Lilberberg; Thomas L. Donnelly; Beppo Zanfretta; Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian]; Lillie [Varieties] Scramm; Jennie Engel; Alexander Zanfretta; J. [banjo and vocal] Wallace; Louise Walby; Dan Dunn [Varieties Theatre]; Harvey D. Beissenherz; Henry Agoust [pantomime]; M. [Varieties] Jerome; Mlle. [tight rope] Rosita
8)
10)
aka La maja de Seville;
Maja de Seville; or, The smugglers;
Smugglers, The
Participants: Varieties, corps de ballet; Alexander Zanfretta (role: Don Boligilo); Henry Agoust [pantomime] (role: Lorenzo, a Lover of La Maja); Mlle. [tight rope] Rosita (role: La Maja); Josephine Zanfretta (role: Pe[illeg. – phal?]); Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett (role: Lucio)
17)
aka Tight rope exercises;
Perpendicular rope act;
Tight rope divertissement;
Corde tendu;
Corde elastique
Participants: Alexander Zanfretta; Mlle. [tight rope] Rosita
18)
aka Irish melodies;
Popular, national, and Irish airs;
Hibernian songs
Participants: Varieties, orchestra
26)
aka Difficulties of a dentist
Participants: Billy [Varieties] Blair; J. [banjo and vocal] Wallace
28)
aka When the swallows homeward fly;
Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n
Composer(s): Abt
Participants: Dora Dawron
32)
Participants: Augusta Walby (role: Columbine); Alexander Zanfretta (role: White clown); Henry Agoust [pantomime] (role: Ricardo, an old man); Josephine Zanfretta (role: Harlequin); Beppo Zanfretta (role: Demon); M. [Varieties] Jerome (role: Fisherwoman); M. [Varieties] Antoine (role: Topi)