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Miss Lillian Russell as "The queen of brilliants"
- Title
- Miss Lillian Russell as "The queen of brilliants" / cabinet photograph by Alfred Ellis.
- Publication
- London (20, Upper Baker St., London. N.W.) : Alfred Ellis, c1894.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 cabinet photograph : b&w; 17 x 11 cm.
- Summary
- Lillian Russell dressed as Betta, the countess in The Queen of Brilliants, produced by the Lillian Russell Light Opera Company, music by Edward Jakobowski, libretto by Brandon Thomas, based on the Viennese comic opera Die Brillantenkönigen by Theodor Taube and Isidor Fuchs.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
- Series Statement
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Cabinet photographs.
- Note
- Photographer's no. 17132-20 on verso.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Jacobowski's opera was considered a failure but did have performances in both the United States and England, opening in London Sept. 8, 1894 at Henry Irving's Royal Lyceium Theatre and later at Abbey's Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7-Dec. 3, 1894.
- Call Number
- *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 20)
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F896
- Title
- Miss Lillian Russell as "The queen of brilliants" / cabinet photograph by Alfred Ellis.
- Imprint
- London (20, Upper Baker St., London. N.W.) : Alfred Ellis, 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
- Jacobowski's opera was considered a failure but did have performances in both the United States and England, opening in London Sept. 8, 1894 at Henry Irving's Royal Lyceium Theatre and later at Abbey's Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7-Dec. 3, 1894.
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- Indexed Term
- Photographs
- Added Author
- Jakobowski, Edward, 1858- Queen of brilliants.Brandon, Thomas, 1856-1914.Alfred Ellis (London, Eng.) PhotographerLillian Russell Light Opera Company.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 20)