Maretzek Italian Opera: Faust
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 August 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Apr 1864, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Twenty-eighth night of Faust.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; Military band, unidentified; Fanny Stockton (role: Martha); Clara Louise Kellogg (role: Margherita); Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini (role: Valentin); Henrietta Sulzer (role: Seibel); Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Faust); Joseph Hermanns (role: Mephistopholes); Wilhelm [baritone] Müller (role: Wagner)
Citations
5)
The current success of Faust helps Maretzek fight with an advantage the Metropolitan Fair; Gounod’s opera will sell out tickets tonight, too.
8)
“The opera dropped off somewhat after the Fair got fairly under way, but ‘Faust’ drew a good house on the 8th. This opera fetches ‘em when everything else fails. One of the secrets of its success is, that it is ‘the thing’ to be at the opera on ‘Faust’ nights, and splurge in the best the dry goods market affords.”