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Veranstaltungstitel:

Musical soirée [Musik-Soirée] given by ensemble of Royal Infantry Regiment of Wilhelm I King of Prussia, combined with a performance by the fire-eater [Franz] Mattulat

Aufführungsort: Konvikt

Programmsorte: Popular social musical and dance events

Datum: 22/03/1863 6pm

Spielzeit: Lent

Keywords: Pyrotechnic, light and aerial displays, Theatre (non-music), Benefit and charitable events, Impresario and individual arranged events, Public performance events

Programme unspecified:

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MATTULAT, Franz: actor / actress / theatre performer
musical ensemble of Royal Infantry Regiment of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia: participating ensemble

Kommentar:

Prager Morgenpost 21/3/1863 reported that ‘Upon many-sided requests from the public as a result of the accomplishments of the Asiatic Fire-king Mr Mattulat, whose performance in the Konvikt Hall last Saturday found great approbation, Mr Bendel has obligingly arranged for tomorrow in the aforementioned Hall a festival amusement from which the receipts are assigned to the same [i.e. Mr Mattulat]. Mr Mattulat will be performing here [in Prague] for the final time before his departure. With this festival is combined too a Musical Soirée of the Royal Infantry Regiment of King Wilhelm I. of Prussia.’ The newspaper source seemingly mis-reported the artist’s name as ‘Muttalot’ instead of ‘Mattulat’.

An advertisement for this event was published by Prager Morgenpost 22/03/1863. The source referred to Mattulat as ‘Herr Pluto’, obviously an imaginative stage name:

Konvikt Hall.
Today
B e n e f i t
of the Russio-Asiatic Fire-King
Mr
Pluto,
who
for the last time
before his departure will perform, in
conjunction with a
Music - Soirée
of the great String Orchestra of the worthy
Royal Infantry Regiment of
King Wilhelm I.
of Prussia.
Commencing 6 o’clock. Ending 10 o’clock.

The Czech-language newspaper Národní listy 22/3/1863 also published an advertisement for this event, billing it as a benefit performance for Mattulat:

Konvikt Hall.
Today Sunday 22nd March
performance
in benefit
of the Asiatic-Russian
fire king Mr Mattulat
then
concert
of large string ensemble
of the Royal Infantry Regiment
of King Vilém I.

Zusammenfassung der Quellen:

Prager Morgenpost (21/03/1863)
Prager Morgenpost (22/03/1863)
Národní listy (22/03/1863)