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Collection name Mr Sims Reeves´s Farewell Concert (1891)
Unique identifier e.1399. (4.)
Description The programme and wordbook for Mr Sim Reeves’s Farewell Concert, given at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 11 May 1891.

This was a two-part vocal concert, incorporating orchestral overtures at the start of each act and occasional instrumental solos. During the interval, a Farewell Address written by Mr Walter Pollock was given by Mr Henry Irving.

The programme lists the following performers: Madame Christine Nilsson and Madame Nordica, Mrs W.B. Eaton, Miss Alice Gomez and Madame Antoinette Sterling, Mr Herbert Reeves, Signor Foli, Mr Barrington Foote and Mr Sims Reeves (vocal); Mademoiselle Janotha (piano) and Mr Percy Sharman (violin).

Also, the Meister Glee Singers (Mr William Sexton, Gregory Hast, W.G. Forington and Mr Webster Norcross) and a grand orchestra conducted by August Manns, Signor Arditi, Mr J.L. Maunder, Mr Wilhelm Ganz and Mr Kuhe.
Date range 1891 - 1891
Associated People and Organisations Sterling, Antoinette - Sharman, Percy - Reeves, Sims - Reeves, Herbert - Pollock, Walter - Nordica, Madame - Nilsson, Christine - Meister Glee Singers - Maunder, J. L. - Manns, August - Kuhe, Wilhelm - Janotha, Natalia - Irving, Henry - Gomez, Alice - Ganz, Wilhelm - Foote, Barrington - Foli, Allan James - Eaton, W. B. - Arditti, Luigi -
Associated Places Royal Albert Hall
Associated Times 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899
Associated Content Word books
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