Anschütz German Opera: Martha

Event Information

Venue(s):
German Opera House

Manager / Director:
Carl Anschütz

Conductor(s):
Carl Anschütz

Price: $.25 parterre; .50 parquet and first tier; .75 orchestra and reserved seats; $5 and $6 boxes

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond; Martha, or The Market at Richmond
Composer(s): Flotow
Text Author: Friedrich
Participants:  Anschütz German Opera Company;  Guglielmo Lotti (role: Lyonel);  Joseph Weinlich (role: Plumkett);  Johanna Rotter (role: Martha);  Agnes Zimmermann (role: Nancy);  Anton Graf (role: Sir Tristan Mickleford);  Herr Behringer

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 September 1862, 2.
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Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 September 1862, 7.
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Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 15 September 1862.
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Announcement: New York Post, 15 September 1862, 2.
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Announcement: New-York Times, 15 September 1862, 5.
“A season of German opera will be inaugurated at Wallack’s old theatre this evening. Madame Johannsen, Madame Rotter, Madame Von Berkel, and Messrs. Quint, Lotti, Weinlich, Graff, Rudolphen and Hartmann, have been engaged, and some of the finest works of Weber, Mozart, Beethoven, and Flotow, are in preparation.”
6)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 September 1862, 3.
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Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 September 1862, 7.
Cast.
8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 September 1862, 2.
“This evening the German opera troupe opens at Wallack’s old theatre, under the direction of Carl Anschutz. Performances will be given three times a week.”
9)
Announcement: Dwight's Journal of Music, 20 September 1862, 200.