Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
19 September 2012
With excerpts of reviews from the New York Clipper and the Sunday Dispatch. “The Operatic War—Match for the Championship—Max Maretzek vs The Herald—Tony Pastor vs Max Maretzek—The People’s Opera vs Italian Opera—Aristocracy, Irishocracy and Oilocracy—The Academy of Music Eclipsed Tony Pastor’s Opera House in a Blaze of Glory—Tony Triumphant, Max Melancholy.”
“[T]he performances are of a mixed musical and acrobatic character. They seem to suit the people on the east side of the town, for they are crowded to overflowing.”