Strakosch Italian Opera: Martha

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Maurice Strakosch
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $2; $3 and 4, reserved seat; $1 family circle; $.50 extra, reserved seat; $5 box or front row of balcony

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Martha
aka Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond; Martha, or The Market at Richmond
Composer(s): Flotow
Text Author: Friedrich
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Domenico Coletti (role: Count Tristan);  Christine Nilsson (role: Martha);  Annie Louise Cary (role: Nancy);  [tenor] Lyall (role: The Sheriff);  Victor Capoul (role: Lionel);  Joseph Jamet (role: Plunket)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 November 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 11 November 1871, 4.

“’Martha’ was sung at the Academy of Music, last evening, in presence of a very large and brilliant audience.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 11 November 1871, 7.

“Nothing could be more charming than the Swedish nightingale last night in the coquettish rôle of Martha. She eclipsed even the performance of the first representation of the opera by infusing into it a much greater amount of vivacity, and, if we may use the expression, ‘at home-ness’ with the rôle. It is worth the price of a box to hear her sing ‘The Last Rose of Summer.’ Miss Cary also outshone her first efforts in this rôle, and Jamet proved himself the best Plunkett on the stage at present.”