Bel demonio
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden
Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley
Manager / Director:
William Wheatley
L. J. [Niblo's Garden] Vincent
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
6 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 May 1864, 7:45 PM24 May 1864, 7:45 PM
25 May 1864, 7:45 PM
26 May 1864, 7:45 PM
27 May 1864, 7:45 PM
28 May 1864, 7:45 PM
Program Details
L.I. Vincent, stage manager, producer and director; Messrs. Hilliard and Maeder, scenery; Mons. Phillipe, costumes; Messrs. Runyon and Burnett, mechanical effects; S. Wallis, furniture and appointments. Grand Ballet of Sixteen Selected Coryphées.
John Brougham: Bel demonio (original music by E. Montgomery)
Includes the songs:
S. R. Fiske (lyrics): “You are the star” (Vestvali)
“Brave Marco” (Vestvali)
AND: “The grand tarantella” (comp. By Signor Ronzani) (Katarina, Ella, Kruga and Rosina, corps de ballet)
John Brougham: Bel demonio (original music by E. Montgomery)
Includes the songs:
S. R. Fiske (lyrics): “You are the star” (Vestvali)
“Brave Marco” (Vestvali)
AND: “The grand tarantella” (comp. By Signor Ronzani) (Katarina, Ella, Kruga and Rosina, corps de ballet)
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Niblo's Garden, corps de ballet; Mary [actress] Everett (role: Sister Agatha); James F. Hagan (role: Cardinal Montalto); Rosina Vokes; Felicita Vestvali (role: Angelo); James G. Burnett (role: Ranncolo); Mlle. Katrina; Mr. [actor] Haupt (role: Martes); Emma Skerrett (role: Abbess of De Castro); Mr. [actor] Welsh (role: Bruno); J. W. Blaisdell (role: Tomaso); E. B. [actor] Holmes (role: Giotto); Mlle. [dancer] Ella; E. Berry [actor] Rendle (role: Luigi); John J. Nunan (role: Count Campireali); Mr. [actor] Murray (role: Marti); Mr. [actor] Styles (role: Captain of the Guard); Mlle. [dancer] Kruger; Rose Eytinge (role: Lena); Mary Wells (role: Countess Campireali); Mrs. [actor] Moore (role: Margarita); James W. Collier (role: Fabio Campireali, his son)
4)
Composer(s): Ronzani
Citations
2)
“In the course of the piece a GRAND TARANTELLA, composed by Signor Ronzani.”
7)
“[H]ow pleasant it is to see Vestvali and ‘Bel Demonio’ at Niblo’s Garden, how inspiring to witness the forms and faces and evolutions of the coryphees [sic], and with what happiness do we see around us the smiling faces of the thousands who throng this great dramatic establishment. . . . [E]verybody seems better pleased than they did during the opening week. . . .The performers get on smoothly, scenery and machinery work with the ease of a clerk in Chase’s treasury department, the waits are of but brief duration, and everything acts together for the good of the manager.”