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Lillian Russell in "The grand duchess"

Title
Lillian Russell in "The grand duchess" / cabinet photograph by Sarony.
Publication
New York : Sarony, c1894.

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Still imageSupervised use *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 11)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Additional Authors
  • Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
  • Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881.
  • Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938.
  • Sarony (New York, N.Y.) photographer
Description
1 cabinet photograph : b&w; 17 x 11 cm.
Summary
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
National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Series Statement
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Alternative Title
The grand duchess.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Cabinet photographs.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
Biography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 11)
OCLC
NYPG98-F882
Title
Lillian Russell in "The grand duchess" / cabinet photograph by Sarony.
Imprint
New York : Sarony, c1894.
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 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
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Added Author
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Grande duchesse de Gérolstein.
Kenney, Charles Lamb, 1821-1881.
Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938.
Sarony (New York, N.Y.) photographer
Added Title
The grand duchess.
Research Call Number
*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 11)
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