New-York tribune., 1906-02-18
NEN TORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 1s 1906

Academy OF Music. on April IL 1852, when
Martha was performed by special request
under the direction OF Carl Anschutz with Nine
Johannsen, Nine. Won Berkel. Herr Lotti Herr
Weinlich and Herr Graft in the cast. In the
fall OF the same year the company having found
the Academy of Music too expensive a proposi-
ton I'm all probability, transferred it's activities
TO the German Opera House. No. ass Broadway
corner OF Broome-st" There Martha" was
again sung. by Frau Rotter Frau zimmerman
Herr Lott. Herr Weinlich. Herr Behringer and
Herr Graft. On September IA. 1854 '.Alartha'
had performance, the only one in a German
season. at the Academy Of Music, ''the fourth
act restored" the parts taken by Theodore Ha-
belman. Nine Johannsen. Mile. FrederIci Herr
Steinicke. Herr Graft and Herr Lehman the
baton still in the hands of Carl Anschutz But
the German record of Martha" IN New-York
antedates the earliest of these records by seven
years. The opera was in the list OF the COM
pany headed by q F'raulein Lehman. which gave
twelve nights OF German opera in NibIo's Gar
den In 1855. when Martha" was only eight
years old It was six years before Paris and
London heard IL. AS for the rest. the question
being interesting in view of Mr.. Conried's ire
vival' at the Metropolitan. the following his
torical resume may be quoted from the essay
written by Mr.. Krehhiel for the latest edition of
the opera published by Schrmer:
Martha had its first performance in Vienna
was rapid and lasting in Germany, thanks to
its gracious and graceful righteousness, but
singularly slow in Italy, France and England,
which countries it did not reach until eleven
years after its first production New-York
listened TO its measures in 1852. six years be-
fore the privilege of hearing it was vouchsafed
TO Paris and London How this came about I
have been unable to learn, and the fact itself
was unknown TO Flotow's biographer. In Sep
tember, 1S52, an English company under the
management OF Nine. Anna Thillon and Mrs.
Maeder began an engagement at Niblo'S Garden.
alternating with a French opera company. The
new opera was brought forward November
]. 1852. under the title Martha. or the Rich
mond Market" Nine. Anna Bishop, the wife
with Bochsa, the harp Virtuoso, in 1889 sang
the part OF Lady Harriet. and Bochsa conducted
times. In 1885 it was performed In German at
Niblo's by the company headed by Fraulein
Lehman. and the next year il was heard at the
Academy OF Music, with Nine. Lagrange as
Lady Harriet. This was still two years before
the opera reached Paris and London In the
former city il was given in Italian at the Sale
Vendatour, on February IL. 1858 with the parts
in the hands OF Mines Saint Urban and Nan
tier-Didiee (or AlbonD and Messrs. Mario and
GraZiani. The engagement OF Nine. Nantier-
Didiee and the Signori Mario and Graziani for
the season Of 1855 ar the Royal Opera at Covent
Garden resulted in the production of the opera
in London on July of that year. with Nine
Bosjo as Lady Harriet. On October IL 1883
IL was given in English at Drury Lane, with
Miss Louisa Pyne as Lady Harriet, Miss Susan
P!ne as Nancy and Mr.. Harrison as Lionel. In
1865 Saint-Georges made French translation
of the libretto for a revival of the opera at the
Theatre Lyrique. where, with Nine. Nilsson in
the title role. il had a of 300 performances
Nine. Adelina Patti. Fanny Natal. Signor Bri-
gnoli and Carl Formes Che original Plunkett)
appeared in the opera when il was given in
Philadelphia on October 10. 1860 in honor of
the then Prince Of Wales. now King Edward
VII and Adelina Patti chose il for the perform
ance at the Academy of Music New-York on
November 26. 1884. when she celebrated the
twenty-ifth anniversary of her entrance on an
operate career.
Miss Beatrice Eberhard and Carl Voelkner will
give a recital of sonatas for the violin and piano.
forte IN Mendelssohn Hall tomorrow evening. The
programme Will consist of Bach's sonata in z ma
5or. Mozarts IN A, John K Paine's in minor
manuscript and Brahms in @.