Grover German Opera: Faust

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
Leonard Grover

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Feb 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Faust
Composer(s): Gounod
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Grover German Opera Company;  Joseph Hermanns (role: Mephistopheles);  Bertha Johannsen (role: Siebel);  Marie Frederici (role: Marguerite)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 February 1867, 1.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 February 1867, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 13 February 1867.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 14 February 1867, 8.

“Faust was given at the Olympic last night, with its unsurpassed cast, before a respectable sized audience. Hermanns’ Mephistopheles is a chef d’oeuvre of acting and singing and Madame Frederici’s Marguerite is also excellent. ”