New-Yorker Stadt-Theater Opera: Lohengrin
Event Information
Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 July 2023
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 May 1871, Evening09 May 1871, Evening
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“’Lohengrin,’ the beautiful opera of Richard Wagner, was again given last evening to a full house at the Stadt Theatre. What with its romantic incidents, its splendid music and its artistic representation, it has deservedly become a great favorite with the German public in this city.
“Mme. Lichtmay was as usual unexceptionably good in her part of Elsa, quiet but effective in her acting, and often kindling with vocal fire the dramatic part of the music.
“Mme. Krebs-Michalesi assumed last evening the part of Ortrud, to which she imparted all the charm of an accomplished artist. Her dressing, her acting and vocalization were in perfect keeping, and elicited the admiration of the audience. We regret the part afforded such little scope for her vocal talents.
“Franosch is uniformly good as Heinrich and Vierling admirable as Friedrich, but both they and Habelmann seemed to be rather fatigued last evening, and were not as fresh and buoyant as usual.
“The German opera is drawing to a close for the season, after having given to the public most successfully an admirable series of operatic entertainments. Those of our musical people who have not heard this company, and more particularly the master-piece of Wagner, ought to avail themselves of the three performances yet to take place before the end of the season. If they would have a brilliant spot in the landscape of their musical memories, and a beautiful eye-picture like that of Lohengrin’s floating swan, let them go.”