Anschütz German Opera: Der Wildschütz

Event Information

Venue(s):
German Opera House

Manager / Director:
Carl Anschütz

Conductor(s):
Carl Anschütz

Price: $.50; .75 reserved; .25 family

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Nov 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details



NYT and NYH ads say this was the 43rd Opera Night, but it was only the 42nd performance. See also 11/28/62 entry.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Wildschütz, Der
aka Der Wildschütz, oder Die Stimme der Natur; Der Wildschutz; The Poacher; The Poacher, or The Voice of Nature
Composer(s): Lortzing
Text Author: Lortzing
Participants:  Anschütz German Opera Company;  Bertha Johannsen;  Anton Graf (role: Schoolmaster)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 November 1862, 7.
Announces Zauberflote.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1862, 7.
Announces Zauberflote.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 November 1862, 7.
Announces Le Postillon. Time, prices.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 November 1862, 7.
Announces Le Postillon.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 November 1862, 7.
Announces Der Wildschütz.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 November 1862, 4.
“’Der Wildschutz’ will be repeated to-night.”
7)
Review: New York Herald, 01 December 1862, 5.
“The second performance [of Der Wildschütz] went off with, if anything, increased éclat. We commend the German Opera to the lovers of gay, light music.”