Armand French Opera: Geschlossene Bühne

Event Information

Venue(s):
Thalia Theater

Proprietor / Lessee:
Eduard Härting

Manager / Director:
Johann Armand [tenor, director]

Conductor(s):
Adolph Neuendorff

Price: $1 orchestra reserved; $1.50 balcony; $.75 first tier; $.60 balcony reserved; $.50 parquet; $.30 second tier; $10 private booth (for 6 people)

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Jan 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Orphée aux Enfers was scheduled to be performed; it was cancelled at the last minute and replaced by the play Geschlossene Bühne.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 January 1867.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 26 January 1867, 392.

“The operetta was never officially cancelled. When people appeared at the Thalia Theater, the operetta was replaced by a play. No explanations or excuses. We suspect the ensemble was dissolved after the failure of the last performance.”