Research Catalog

Title

Lillian Russell in the "Brigands" / cabinet photograph by Falk.

Publication

New York : Falk, c1889.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
• Kerker, Gustave Adolph, 1857-1923.
• Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
• Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925

Description

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

Summary

Portrait of Lillian Russell, dressed in a costume decorated with jewels and tassels, for her role as Fiorella in the Brigands, music by Jacques Offenbach and Gustave Kerker, libretto by William Gilbert, based on Les Brigands by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series Statement

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Subjects

• Cabinet photographs
• Operas & operettas > United States > 1881-1890
• Musical theater > United States
• Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922
• Photographs

Genre/Form

Cabinet photographs.

Additional Formats (note)

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

Biography (note)

• A very popular operetta, Brigands played in 1889 at the Casino, New York, N.Y., May 9-Sept. 4, the Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, Mass., Sept. 16-21, McVicker's Theatre, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 21-Nov. 14, the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 30-Jan. 14, 1890, and again at the Casino Jan. 6-Feb. 23, 1890.

Call Number

*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 10)

OCLC

NYPG98-F877

Title

Lillian Russell in the "Brigands" / cabinet photograph by Falk.

Imprint

New York : Falk, c1889.

Series

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional Formats

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

Biography

A very popular operetta, Brigands played in 1889 at the Casino, New York, N.Y., May 9-Sept. 4, the Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, Mass., Sept. 16-21, McVicker's Theatre, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 21-Nov. 14, the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 30-Jan. 14, 1890, and again at the Casino Jan. 6-Feb. 23, 1890.

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Indexed Term

Photographs

Added Author

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Brigands.

Kerker, Gustave Adolph, 1857-1923. Composer

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.

Falk, B. J. (Benjamin J.), 1853-1925, photographer

Research Call Number

*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 10)