Grover-Maretzek Italian and German Opera: Faust: CANCELLED

Event Information

Venue(s):
Pike's Opera House

Price: $1.50 reserved; $1; $.50 family circle

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 June 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Feb 1868, Evening

Program Details

Opening night postponed to 2/24/68.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Faust
Composer(s): Gounod
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Grover German Opera Company;  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Minnie Hauk;  Fanny Natali-Testa [contralto];  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Theodore Habelmann;  Joseph Hermanns (role: Mephistopheles)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 February 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 February 1868, 5.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 February 1868, 4.
4)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 February 1868, 8.

The German-Italian opera company seems to fall apart and thus might be discontinued. The performance planned for Monday was cancelled. It is said Maretzek is reconstructing the company and will open with “Faust” on his own.