Anschütz German Opera: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Event Information

Venue(s):
German Opera House

Manager / Director:
Carl Anschütz

Conductor(s):
Carl Anschütz

Price: $.25 parterre and second tier; .50 parquet and first tier; .75 orchestra and reserved; $5-$6, boxes

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 May 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1862, 8:00 PM

Program Details

New York Debut.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Entführung aus dem Serail, Die
aka Belmonte e Constance
Composer(s): Mozart
Participants:  Anschütz German Opera Company;  Johanna Rotter (role: Blonde );  Bertha Johannsen (role: Konstanze);  Ludwig Quint (role: Pedrillo);  Guglielmo Lotti (role: Belmonte);  Joseph Weinlich (role: Osmin)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 October 1862.
“Mozart’s ‘Seraglio,’ never before sung here, is announced as in rehearsal.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 October 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 October 1862, 7.
Cast. “For the first time in America, Mozart’s celebrated Opera, in three acts, The Seraglio.”
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 10 October 1862.
“Mozart’s ‘Seraglio,’ never before played in America, will be produced at the German Opera to-night.”