Strakosch Italian Opera: Faust

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:
19 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Composer(s): Gounod
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Annie Louise Cary (role: Siebel);  Armand BarrĂ© (role: Valentin);  Mme. [mezzo-soprano] Cooney (role: Martha);  Victor Capoul (role: Faust);  Joseph Jamet (role: Mephistopheles);  Christine Nilsson (role: Marguerite)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 November 1871, 7.
2)
Article: Dwight's Journal of Music, 16 December 1871, 152.

General remarks by A. A. C. on Miss Nilsson’s impersonation of the role of Marguerite.