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:
9 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
26 Oct 1864, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Fourteenth subscription night.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; Fanny Stockton; Guglielmo Lotti; Augustino Susini; Clara Louise Kellogg (role: Margherita); Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini; Mlle. Ernestine; Wilhelm [baritone] Müller; Frida de Gebele; Mlle. [dancer] Auriol
Citations
4)
“[I]ncreased chorus and orchestra, military band, &c.”
5)
“The Opera. ‘Faust,’ as usual, attracted a large audience to the Academy of Music last night, though the applause was hardly as prominent as on previous occasions. The soldiers’ chorus was not encored and we presume that henceforth the usual encore in this piece will not be insisted upon. When ‘Trovatore’ was first produced the anvil chorus struck the popular ear so completely, that for the first year of the performance of the opera it was encored; but now it passes almost unnoticed. As the opera-goers become more familiar with ‘Faust,’ this soldiers’ chorus will share the same fate, and the favor of the audience will be bestowed upon some quieter portions of the opera not yet fully appreciated.”