The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Matter with the Opera

Anonymous. "The Matter with the Opera." Vanity Fair, February 15, 1862, 81.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
Abstract

Criticism of the decorum and comportment of men and ladies now attending the opera. They dress and behave with half the respectability of a bygone era.