Little Clara Fisher’s First Grand Concert
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Concert Saloon
Conductor(s):
James Gaspard Maeder [cond.-comp.]
Price: $.50
Performance Forces:
Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
5 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
30 May 1864, 8:00 PMProgram Details
The concert was originally scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 1864, but cancelled because of bad weather. Fisher’s first New York appearance.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
“Little Clara Fisher, the extraordinary youthful vocalist from New-Orleans.”
3)
“The pianoforte used on this occasion is one of Chickering’s grand.”
6)
“The Clara Fisher concert, announced for last night, was indefinitely postponed, and those who went to Niblo’s Saloon, expecting to attend, found the doors closed.”
8)
The concert was scheduled for the previous Thursday but cancelled “on account of the weather.” “Miss Clara Fisher is a niece of the singer of the same name who was once so popular on the stage.”
10)
“The only concert of the week as yet announced is that of little Clara Fisher, postponed from last Thursday, and to take place to-night at Niblo’s Saloon. Competent artists will assist the young vocalist on this occasion, her debut in the Atlantic states.”
11)
“In consequence of the bad weather little CLARA FISHER did not give her first concert on Thursday inst.”
12)
“The popularity of this little artiste will doubtless secure for her an excellent house.”