Strakosch Italian Opera: Faust
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Maurice Strakosch
Max Strakosch
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
17 February 2024
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
09 Mar 1872, 1:30 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants: Strakosch Italian Opera Company; Christine Nilsson (role: (Marguerite)); Annie Louise Cary; Armand Barré; Victor Capoul; Joseph Jamet
Citations
2)
Unprecedented attendance at the opera, despite the Lenten season, when it usually falls off noticeably; grumbling over eternal repeats of the same worn works.
3)
“Last week was one of brilliant success for the enterprise of Mr. Strakosch, the receipts averaging five thousand dollars nightly. The performance of ‘Faust’ on Saturday afternoon was crowded to excess, and was quite as notable as that of ‘Trovatore’ on Friday night.”