Anschütz German Opera: Fidelio

Event Information

Venue(s):
German Opera House

Manager / Director:
Carl Anschütz

Conductor(s):
Carl Anschütz

Price: $.75 reserved; .50 parquet and first tier; .25 2nd tier

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Jan 1863, Evening

Program Details

Last Night of Fall Season.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe; Leonore, or The Triumph of Married Love; Fidelio, oder Die eheliche Liebe;
Composer(s): Beethoven
Text Author: Sonnleithner

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 10 January 1863.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 January 1863, 7.
Prices.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1863, 7.
4)
Review: New-York Times, 12 January 1863, 5.
"Anschutz’s season of German opera – extending over a period of seventy nights, and being, both in duration and activity, without a parallel – came to an end on Saturday evening." COMMENT: The German Opera season was not “seventy nights.” There were only 69 performances, including one matinee.