Maretzek Italian Opera: L’Etoile du Nord

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Apr 1866, Evening

Program Details

Kruger and Vidal performed the incidental ballet.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Étoile du nord, L'
aka North star; Etoile du nord
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Text Author: Scribe
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Enrichetta [soprano] Bosisio;  Ettore Irfre;  Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci;  Leontine Vidal [dancer];  Ettore Barili;  Signor A. Sarti [bass];  Clara Louise Kellogg;  Madame [contralto] Reichardt;  Johanna Ficher;  Herr [baritone] Voelden;  Wilhelm [baritone] Müller;  J. [tenor] Reichardt;  Mlle. [dancer] Kruger

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 11 April 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 April 1866, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 12 April 1866.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 13 April 1866.

     “This is the last night of Mr. Maretzek’s season, and ‘L’Etoile du Nord’ will be again presented. This opera has been given so many times that it is needless to say anything in regard to it, or as to the manner in which it has been brought out. It has been one of the most successful operas of the season—a fact due very largely to the beautiful vocalization and acting of Miss Kellogg in one of the leading parts.”

5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 April 1866, 4.
6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 April 1866, 4.

     Brief. “Academy of Music.—‘L’Etoile du Nord’ was given here last evening to a brilliant and even an overflowing audience. The performance terminated Mr. Maretzek’s regular season—the most regular and the most successful on record.”