Macbeth
Event Information
Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre
Conductor(s):
Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 December 2021
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM29 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
30 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
31 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
01 Apr 1870, 7:45 PM
02 Apr 1870, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Macbeth); Fanny [actress] Morant (role: Lady Macbeth)
Citations
2)
“The traditional music, it seems, will be omitted.”
6)
“We may say a word in favor of the pretty entr’acte music of Mollenhauer’s orchestra, which included selections from ‘Rigoletto,’ ‘Lucrezia,’ ‘Ernani’ and ‘Ione.’ None of Locke’s music to ‘Macbeth’ was introduced. The witches did not sing, nor did anybody else. We think that Mr. Mollenhauer might for this revival have advantageously introduced some of the spirited music of Verdi’s ‘Macbeth,’ an opera of rare dramatic power and considerable beauty of melody.”