Anschütz German Opera: La fille du régiment

Event Information

Venue(s):
German Opera House

Manager / Director:
Carl Anschütz

Conductor(s):
Carl Anschütz

Price: $.75 Orchestra, reserved seats; .25 parquet and second tier; $5 and $6 boxes

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 June 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Oct 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performance in German.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fille du régiment, La
aka Daughter of the Regiment, The ; Figlia del reggimento, La; Child of the Regiment, The; Regimentstochter, Die
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Saint-Georges, Bayard
Participants:  Anschütz German Opera Company;  Madame Scherenberg (role: La Marquise de Berkenfeld);  Johanna Rotter (role: Marie);  Ludwig Quint (role: Tonio);  Anton Graf (role: Sulpice Pingot);  J. Kronfeld (role: Hortensius)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 October 1862, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 October 1862.
“[T]he German opera is making hay while the sun shines.”
3)
Review: New York Herald, 06 October 1862, 8.

General brief review: "'Der Freischutz' and the 'Fille du Regiment' have been the attraction at the German Opera this week. Dramatically as well as musically, they appeared to give perfect satisfaction to the patrons of this popular place of amusement.”