Auditorium Theatre 2019-2020 Trinity Irish Dance Company

22 | AUDITORIUM THEATRE 2019-20 | January 18 - March 8, 2020 1. December 9, 1889 – Opening Night Performance with Adelina Patti 2. March 3, 1890 – Edouard Strauss Orchestra* 3. October 16, 1891 – Theodore Thomas’ Chicago Orchestra* (later the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) 4. April 22-24, 1893 – Imre Kiralfy’s America 5. March 29, 1894 – Abbey-Grau Opera Company’s Werther 6. 1899 (exact date unknown) – Robotic boat demonstration from Nikola Tesla 7. October 16, 1900 – Booker T. Washington 8. April 3-22, 1906 – Sarah Bernhardt 9. February 18-24 – San Carlo Opera* 10. February 10-March 15, 1908 – Ziegfeld Follies 11. December 18, 1908 – Isadora Duncan* 12. November 25, 1910 – Salome 13. January 27, 1912 – Chicago Grand Opera Company* 14. June 17, 1912 – Teddy Roosevelt (giving his “Armageddon” speech) 15. February 19-26, 1916 – Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes 16. February 25, 1923 – Sergei Rachmaninoff 17. January 26 - February 8, 1925 – Anna Pavlova’s Farewell Tour 18. November 2, 1938 – Philadelphia Symphony* 19. April 17-May 4, 1940 – Romeo and Juliet with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier 20. October 31, 1967 – New York City Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream We Live the History: 130 Years, 130 Iconic Performances The Auditorium Theatre turned 130 on December 9, 2019, and we’re still celebrating! Here are 130 performances and events that have taken place on our stage that have helped make the Auditorium the “Theatre for the People” over the decades! And this is just a small sampling of the thousands of performances that the Auditorium has hosted over the years — for a complete list, visit AuditoriumTheatre.org! ARTURO GONZALEZ Imre Kiralfy’s America