Maretzek Italian Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Price: $1.50; $1 family circle; $1-2 extra reserved

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Oct 1873, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Lucia di Lammermoor
aka Lucy of Lammermoor
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Cammarano
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Ilma di Murska;  Enrico Tamberlik

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 October 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 October 1873, 13.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 22 October 1873, 4.

“This performance will be the last in which, for some months, these two artists [Tamberlik and Di Murska] will appear on the Metropolitan stage.”

4)
Review: New York Post, 23 October 1873, 2.

“That portion of the Maretzek troupe which includes Lucca and Tamberlik gave a matinée performance at Booth’s Theatre yesterday. The house was crowded, and the representation most satisfactory, while the theatre proved to possess every acoustic qualification to make it the home of Italian opera.”