Maretzek Italian Opera: Faust

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Henry C. Jarrett

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $2; $2 extra reserved seat, parquet, balcony, box; $16-25 private box; $1 family circle; $.50 extra, secured seat

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Nov 1872, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Faust
Composer(s): Gounod
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Joseph Jamet (role: Mefistofele);  Pauline Lucca (role: Marguerite);  Signor Vizzani (role: Faust);  Elenor Sanz (role: Siebel);  Signor Sparapani (role: Valentino)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 November 1872, 11.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 15 November 1872, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 17 November 1872, 9.

“There was an immense audience at the opera matinee yesterday, as might be expected when Madame Pauline Lucca is announced to appear as Marguerite in Gounod’s ‘Faust.’ Of all the rôles she has essayed here this is the one that has made the deepest impression on the public mind. There was not a point lost in the grandeur and pathos of the impersonation yesterday, and applause, loud, sincere and lengthened, rewarded the artist’s efforts after each act. Of the other members of the cast entire praise is due to Mlle. Sanz and M. Jamet, for their truly artistic rendering of the rôles of Siebel and Mephistopheles.”