New-Yorker Stadt-Theater
Event Information
Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]
Proprietor / Lessee:
Eduard Hamann [prop.-dir.]
Conductor(s):
Adolph Neuendorff
Price: $1.50, 1, .50, .30, .15
Event Type:
Opera, Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
13 February 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
14 Sep 1867, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
Next week the Stadttheater will perform two Offenbach operettas, Fortunios Lied and Orpheus. Mr. and Mrs. L’Arronge will sing the leading roles.
Full cast list included.
The new operetta was a complete success.
(…) Offenbach’s music supports the plot with new, charming themes, alternating joyful and serious moods. It captivates every ear to listen until the orchestra plays its very last note [for each song]. The acting was satisfactory, the costumes even elaborate. We noticed that the Stadttheater has been giving more attention to the scenery. Mrs. L’Arronge-Sury excelled with singing and acting as “Valentine”. Her highlight was the performance of the deeply moving song “Was ich so tief und heimlich trage im Herzensgrund”. Miss Schmitz as “Paul Friquet” and the ladies Scheurmann, Busch, Weiss, and Cramer as the other “scribes” performed with confidence and appropriate acting.
Mrs. L’Arronge gave a fine performance as “Valentine” in La Chanson de Fortunio. She is an excellent coloratura singer, has a good education, and also offers an authentic acting style.