Maretzek Italian Opera: Crispino e la comare

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Price: $1 all parts of the house

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 January 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Apr 1866, 1:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Crispino e la comare
aka Schuhflicker
Composer(s): Ricci, Ricci
Text Author: Piave
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Achille Ardavani;  Amati Dubreuil;  Clara Louise Kellogg;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Johanna Ficher;  Ettore Irfre

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 April 1866, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 04 April 1866.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 05 April 1866, 4.

     Mostly about 04/04/66 evening performance of Lucrezia Borgia.

     “Academy of Music.—‘Lucrezia Borgia’ was given here last night to a poor house—the result probably of the fine attendance which was drawn to the Academy in the morning, when ‘Crispino è la Comare’ was performed.”

4)
Review: New York Post, 05 April 1866.

Brief. “Academy of Music.

     The experiment of a Wednesday matinée at the Academy was entirely successful, the house being nearly as much crowded as at the usual Saturday matinées.

     This may have been partly due to the fact that many of the ladies preferred going in the afternoon rather than in the evening, so as to save themselves for the grand Bal d’Opera last night.”