Lalla Rookh in the theatre across time and space
Lalla Rookh, Provisional List of Theatre works in Europe, 1818-1879
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Date/Place |
Title |
Comment |
Source |
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1818/06/10 Dublin Theatre Royal |
Lalla Rookh, or the Cashmerian Minstrel |
Opera with words by M.J. Sullivan and music by Charles Edward Horn |
Dublin Public Record, or Freeman’s Journal |
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1821/01/27 Berlin castle |
Lalla Rûkh |
Tableaux vivants, text by S.H. Spiker, music by Gaspare Spontini |
Grove music online |
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1822/05/27 Berlin, Royal opera house |
Nurmahal, oder Das Rosenfest von Kaschmir
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Grand opera, text by C. A. Herklots, music by Gaspare Spontini |
Grove music online |
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1843/03/10 Dublin |
Lalla Rookh, or, The Ambassador of Love, and Gheber Fire Worshippers |
“Grand Equestrian Spectacle” from troupe with Mr Widdcomb as the Riding Master. |
Dublin Freeman’s Journal |
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1846/06/11 London, Her Majesty’s |
Lalla Rookh, or The Rose of Lahore |
Ballet, music by Cesare Pugni, choreography by Jules Perrot |
Grove music online |
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1850, “early” Königsberg, Stadt Theatre |
Der Prophet [Der Seher] von Khorassan |
Opera, with music by Eduoard Sobolewski |
Grove music online |
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1857/12/24 London, Royal Lyceum Theatre |
Lalla Rookh, and the Peri, the Princess, and the Troubador; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert |
Pantomime with text by W. Brough |
London Morning Post |
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1858/10/04 Dublin, Queen’s Royal Theatre |
Lalla Rookh, Khoreanbad |
“Burlesque … Grand Divertissement |
Dublin Freeman’s Journal |
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1862/05/12 Paris, Opéra comique |
Lalla Roukh |
Opéra comique, text by Michel Carré and Hippolyte Lucas, music by Félicien David |
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1862/10/20 Liège |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David |
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1862/10/29 Antwerp |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David |
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1862/12/25 Coburg |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in German translation |
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1862/12/26 Mainz |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in German translation |
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1863/02/24 Dresden, Hopfoper |
Feramors |
Grand opera, music by Anton Rubenstein |
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1863/01/31 Budapest |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in Hungarian translation |
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1863/03/16 Munich |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in German translation |
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1863/04/22 Vienna |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in German translation |
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1864/01/19 Geneva |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David |
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1864/10/18 Cassel |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David |
Dublin Freeman’s Journal |
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1865/08/07 Berlin, Meysels-Theater |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in German translation |
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1866/03/08 Warsaw |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in Polish translation |
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1869/12/06 Paris, Théâtre impérial italien |
Le Paradis et la Péri |
French translation by Victor Wilder of the Flechsig-Schumann oratorio, presented as an opera. |
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1870/01/12 Stockholm |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in Swedish translation |
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1870/02/17 Calcutta, Lewis’s Theatre |
Lalla Rookh |
Pantomime “reported to be a success.” No further details. |
Dublin Freeman’s Journal |
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1870/09/07 Milan, Teatro Rè |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David in Italian translation |
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1872 Vienna |
Feramors |
Grand opera, music by Anton Rubenstein |
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1874/05/09 Dublin, Antient Concert Rooms |
Hafed |
Readings from the late Ferdinand Glover’s opera for Moore’s birth-night concert
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Dublin Freeman’s Journal |
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1876/xx/xx Paris |
Lalla Roukh |
Revival: Carré, Lucas, David |
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1877/02/11 Brompton, Exchange Theatre |
Lalla Rookh |
Pantomime with Agnes Darling as Feramorz |
London The Era |
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1879/12/27 Dublin, Queen’s Theatre |
Bo Peep; or Harlequin Prince Golden Bell |
Character Hafed the King of Fire, played by Mrs Esmond who danced and sang a “merveille”. |
Dublin Freeman’s Journal |