New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera: Czar and carpenter

“At this theatre last evening a numerous audience witnessed the performance of the excellent play ‘Czar and Carpenter (Czaar und Zimmerman).’ The musical arrangements, under the direction of Herr A. Neuendorff, have been greatly improved, and now form an important feature in the amusements offered. The cast in this piece of the ‘Czaar und Zimmermann’ is very good. Herr Vierling took the part of Peter the Great while under tuition as a carpenter. Herr Alström represented Peter Ivanov, a young mechanic, while Herr Hölzel acted the more difficult part of Bürgermeister of Saardam, in Holland, where the scene is supposed to take place. Herr Hölzel is an old Vienna opera performer, and still possesses that brilliancy of wit for which he was noted in Germany. Fraulein Haffner took the part of Marie, as the niece of the Bürgermeister; her voice requires considerable improvement  and her rendering in this piece should be more forcible. Herr Habelmann as the French Marquis of Chateauneuf and Herr Large as the English Ambassador at Saardam did well and were loudly applauded. Altogether, the entertainment is very well put upon the stage, and an evening spent at the Stadt theatre may be said to be well employed at the present time.”