Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
2. Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881.
3. Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938.
4. Sarony (New York, N.Y.) photographer

Description

1. 1 cabinet photograph : b&w; 17 x 11 cm.

Summary

1. Lillian Russell in the title role of the operetta, The Grand Duchess, music by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Charles Lamb Kenney and Edgar Smith, based on La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Scene depicted is Lillian Russell's first act entrance. Dressed in ermine, she arrived on stage seated in a sleigh, driving through a blinding paper snowstorm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series statement

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Alternative title

1. The grand duchess.

Subject

1. Cabinet photographs
2. Operas & operettas > United States > 1891-1900
3. Operas & operettas > United States > 1881-1890
4. Musical theater > United States
5. Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922
6. Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Cabinet photographs.

Call number

1. *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 11)

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

1. A popular operetta, The Grand Duchess was revived, with Lillian Russell in the title role, several times over a five year period. It opened at the Casino, New York, N.Y., running Feb. 25-May 31, 1890; then at the Casino Roof Garden, New York, July 13-Aug. 22, 1891, the Hyperion, New Haven, Conn., with Clarence Day making a guest appearance as a muzhik (Russian peasant), in New York at Abbey's Theatre, Dec. 4-22, 1894, and Boston's Tremont Theatre, Dec. 31, 1894-Jan. 12(?), 1895.

Title

1. Lillian Russell in "The grand duchess" / cabinet photograph by Sarony.

Imprint

1. New York : Sarony, c1894.

Series

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional formats

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography

1. A popular operetta, The Grand Duchess was revived, with Lillian Russell in the title role, several times over a five year period. It opened at the Casino, New York, N.Y., running Feb. 25-May 31, 1890; then at the Casino Roof Garden, New York, July 13-Aug. 22, 1891, the Hyperion, New Haven, Conn., with Clarence Day making a guest appearance as a muzhik (Russian peasant), in New York at Abbey's Theatre, Dec. 4-22, 1894, and Boston's Tremont Theatre, Dec. 31, 1894-Jan. 12(?), 1895.

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Indexed term

1. Photographs

Added author

1. Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Grande duchesse de Gérolstein.
2. Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881.
3. Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938.
4. Sarony (New York, N.Y.) photographer

Added title

1. The grand duchess.

Research call number

1. *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 11)