Grand Combination Italian and English Opera: Lurline
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Price: $1.50; $1; $8 private boxes
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
25 September 2019
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 May 1869, EveningProgram Details
Beginning with the opera’s American premiere on 05/13/69, to be sung in Italian and English on alternate nights. This performance in Italian.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka Lorelei
Composer(s): Wallace
Participants: Grand Combination Italian and English Opera Company; Wilhelm Formes (role: Zelleck); Madame [contralto] Reichardt (role: Libe, A Spirit of the Rhine); Maria Bonfanti; Fanny Natali-Testa [contralto] (role: Ghiva); Agatha [soprano] States (role: Lurline); G. [dancer] Novissimo; Ettore Barili (role: Baron Truenfeiss); Theodore Habelmann (role: Count Rodolph); J. [tenor] Reichardt (role: Wilhelm); Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci (role: Rhineberg)