Maretzek Italian Opera: Martha

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Martha
aka Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond; Martha, or The Market at Richmond
Composer(s): Flotow
Text Author: Friedrich
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci;  Clara Louise Kellogg;  Adelaide Phillips;  Ettore Irfre

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 February 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 February 1866, 3.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 February 1866, 5.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 February 1866, 5.

     “Martha has always been a favorite opera with our public; the action is so sprightly, and the music so full of melody and so clever in its concerted pieces, that it never tires upon the ear.”

5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 February 1866.
6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 February 1866, 8.

     The ever popular opera of Martha was given last evening, the seventh subscription night, to a very large and brilliant audience, considering the most wretched state of the weather. The performance was satisfactory throughout, Miss Kellogg and Miss Phillips rendering the two saucily piquant ladies with grace and spirit and great vocal excellence, Irfre singing his music with impassioned tenderness, and Antonucci throwing a large amount of humor and spirit in his role.”