French Amateurs

Event Information

Venue(s):
Hope Chapel

Price: $1.25; .50

Event Type:
Opera, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

A small group of French artists joined with amateurs to perform the pieces.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Deux aveugles, Les
aka Blind beggars; Two blind men
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Moinaux
2)
Pauvre Jacques, Le
Text Author: Cogniard, Cogniard
3)
Laitière et les deux chasseurs, La; ou, L'ours, le ballon, la grenouille et le pot au lait
Text Author: Saintine, Duvert, Lauzanne

Citations

1)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 09 March 1865.

     A drama by George Sand, Le Marquis de Villemer, has been postponed.  Sand’s style and language is sophisticated and complex, not like vaudeville.  Hiring amateurs for the theatrical enterprise has not been successful.

2)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 10 March 1865.

     “The role of Marcel will be performed by an amateur.”

3)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 11 March 1865.

4)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 13 March 1865, 1.

     Only general comments.

5)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 20 March 1865, 2.

     The amateur performances have been canceled.
COMMENT: Only one event took place.