Maretzek Italian Opera: Martha

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $1

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Feb 1864, 1:00 PM

Program Details

Non-Subscription Performance

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond; Martha, or The Market at Richmond
Composer(s): Flotow
Text Author: Friedrich
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Wilhelm [baritone] Müller (role: Lord Tristan);  Guglielmo Lotti (role: Lyonel);  Clara Louise Kellogg (role: Lady Henrietta);  Henrietta Sulzer (role: Nancy);  Hannibal Biachi (role: Plunkett)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 02 February 1864, 2.

“A Saturday matinee will close the liberal week’s rations of lyric entertainment.”

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Announcement: New-York Times, 02 February 1864, 4.

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Announcement: New York Post, 03 February 1864, 2.


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Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 February 1864.


5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 February 1864, 7.

Cast

6)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 February 1864, 2.


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Announcement: New-York Times, 05 February 1864, 4.

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Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 February 1864.


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Announcement: New-York Times, 06 February 1864, 6.


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Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 February 1864, 7.


11)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 06 February 1864.


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Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 06 February 1864.


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Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 06 February 1864.


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Announcement: New York Herald, 06 February 1864.

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Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 08 February 1864, 8.

Well attended. Good performance. Mrs. Kellogg was very well received.

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Review: New York Clipper, 13 February 1864, 347.

“Max Maretzek’s Italian Opera Troupe filled up the entire week at the Academy, giving six operatic performances to pretty good business.”

COMMENT: The Maretzek Troupe only gave five performances this week.