Maretzek Italian Opera: Fra Diavolo

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 August 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1870, 1:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fra Diavolo
aka Fra Diavolo, ou L’hôtellerie de Terracine Fra Diavolo, or The Inn of Terracina
Composer(s): Auber
Text Author: Scribe
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Guglielmo Lotti;  Amati Dubreuil;  Ettore Barili;  Clara Louise Kellogg;  Giorgio Ronconi;  Catarina [soprano] Lami

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 February 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 February 1870, 366.

“Italian opera is struggling manfully at the Academy of Music, but can scarcely keep its head above water. The attendance the past week has been anything but satisfactory to manager or artists.”