Articles on Bristow's Opera Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jan 1866

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rip Van Winkle
Composer(s): Bristow

Citations

1)
Article: New York Clipper, 06 January 1866, 310.

     “Bristow’s opera of ‘Rip Van Winkle’ will be produced by Max Maretzek during his next season at the Academy of Music, we are informed.”

2)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 January 1866, 5.

     Article on Maretzek’s upcoming production of Bristow’s “charming opera,” Rip Van Winkle.  “Mr. Bristow has written recitatives instead of the dialogue, and the work is now being translated into Italian.”

COMMENT: There is no listing for this production in January 1866.