Richings English Opera: Bohemian Girl

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.75

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jan 1867, 7:30 PM

Program Details

This is an extra, added performance because the Bohemian Girl was so well received on 01/21/67. (R: NYH 01/24/67 of that performance says that it “was received on Monday last by one of the largest audiences ever assembled in this theatre.”)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Bohemian girl, The
aka Zegeunerin; Zigeunerin
Composer(s): Balfe
Text Author: Bunn
Participants:  Richings English Opera Company;  Richings English Opera Orchestra;  William Castle;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Caroline Richings;  Edward S. C. Seguin (role: Devilshoof)

Citations

1)
Review: New York Herald, 25 January 1867, 8.

“Balfe’s beautiful opera the Bohemian Girl is undoubtedly the most successful and most popular in the repertoire of the Richings troupe. The second representation at the Olympic theatre last night attracted another immense audience, and the frequent encores testified their appreciation of the many charming melodies and choruses scattered throughout the work. Miss Richings, Castle, Campbell and Sequin [sic] were all excellent in their respective parts, the Devilshoof of the last mentioned being better sung than on Monday night. The orchestra also showed a marked improvement. The extraordinary success which has attended the short season of this troupe so far should encourage the management to place English opera on a permanent basis in the metropolis. It is, when given a strong troupe like the present, an irresistible magnet.”