1896 Lohengrin
Theatre National de L'Opera programme for Wagner's opera Lohengrin on Monday 8th June 1896 ~ featuring Rose Carron [1857 - 1930] as Elsa and Ernest van Dyck [1861 - 1923] as Lohengrin.
Two weeks before this performance, on May 20th, one of the counterweights for the grand chandelier fell into the auditorium killing a member of the audience.
This incident inspired one of the more famous scenes in Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 gothic novel The Phantom of the Opera.
1896 Lohengrin
Theatre National de L'Opera programme for Wagner's opera Lohengrin on Monday 8th June 1896 ~ featuring Rose Carron [1857 - 1930] as Elsa and Ernest van Dyck [1861 - 1923] as Lohengrin.
Two weeks before this performance, on May 20th, one of the counterweights for the grand chandelier fell into the auditorium killing a member of the audience.
This incident inspired one of the more famous scenes in Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 gothic novel The Phantom of the Opera.