Bel Demonio

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Manager / Director:
William Wheatley

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM
14 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM
15 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM
16 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM
17 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM
18 Jun 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Bel demonio includes: “You are the star” (song), “Brave Marco” (song) “The Grand Tarantella” (tarantella).


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Niblo's Garden, corps de ballet;  Mlle. [dancer] Ella;  Mr. [actor] Styles;  John J. Nunan;  Rose Eytinge;  Mrs. [actor] Moore;  Mlle. [dancer] Kruger;  Rosina Vokes;  Mary Wells;  James W. Collier;  James F. Hagan;  Felicita Vestvali;  James G. Burnett ;  Mlle. Katrina;  Mr. [actor] Haupt;  Emma Skerrett;  E. B. [actor] Holmes;  J. W. Blaisdell;  E. Berry [actor] Rendle
2)
Bel demonio, [play]
Text Author: Brougham
3)
"You are the star"
Text Author: Fiske
Participants:  Felicita Vestvali
4)
"Brave Marco"
Participants:  Felicita Vestvali
5)
Grand tarantella, The
Composer(s): Ronzani
Participants:  Mlle. Katrina;  Mlle. [dancer] Ella;  Mlle. [dancer] Kruger;  Rosina Vokes

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 June 1864.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 13 June 1864, 5.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 June 1864, 7.

“THE GRAND TARANTELLA, by Mlles. Katrina, Ella, Kruger, Rosina, and a FULL AND EFFICIENT BALLET.”

COMMENT: Unclear if the ballet is a separate work from the tarantella, or a corps de ballet performing with the listed dancers on the tarantella.”
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 15 June 1864, 4.
“Amusements this Evening.”
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 78.

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 80.