£125.00
Date 1878
London Alhambra Theatre – The Grand Duchess – 1878
A programme for the 1878 revival of Offenbach’s comic opera The Grand Duchess at the Royal Alhambra Theatre, London, printed on 16 April 1878 during a limited run that began on 1 April.
Lead roles were taken by Cornelie d’Anka, Henry Nordblom, Rose Lee and JD Stoyle, with Mr C Power, Frank Hall and Miss T Brunelli also in the cast. The decorative four-page programme was published by The Graphic.
A beautiful example among old theatre programmes from the Victorian golden age of operetta.
| Production | The Grand Duchess |
|---|---|
| Venue | Alhambra Theatre – London |
| Cast | Mr C Power, Frank Hall, Miss T Brunelli. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few age mark, date on the front
Did you know?
- Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein premiered in Paris in 1867, during the Exposition Universelle.
- The Alhambra in Leicester Square opened in 1854 as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art.
- The Alhambra was demolished in 1936 and the Odeon Leicester Square was built on its site.
SKU: T05011
