Carlotta Patti Farewell Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Irving Hall

Price: $.50; $1 reserved

Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 September 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Feb 1863, Evening

Program Details

Strakosch's “Ah! With what ecstasy” was a waltz composed expressly for Patti.

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Carlotta Patti
3)
aka Di gioja insolite
Composer(s): Strakosch
Participants:  Carlotta Patti
4)
aka Echo song; Swiss echo song
Composer(s): Eckert
Participants:  Carlotta Patti
5)
aka "Bridal Song"; Polacca
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants:  Carlotta Patti

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 February 1863, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 February 1863, 7.
Lists some works.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 February 1863, 1.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 February 1863, 7.
Performers, prices.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 February 1863.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 02 March 1863, 8.
Mistakenly says the concert was “last night,” which would have been 03/01/1863. All other indications are that it was held on February 28, 1863. “The grand concert given by Carlotta Patti at Irving Hall last evening passed off with great eclat.”
7)
Review: New-York Times, 02 March 1863, 5.
Brief mention. A “very successful concert. . . . The entertainment [was] admirable.”
8)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 March 1863, 5.

“The concert of Miss Patti, at Irving Hall, on Saturday, was splendidly attended. The seats were all filled, and numbers stood besides and beside. Miss Patti was in full voluble soprano trim, and dashed off fiorituri as naturally as the rose sheds a perfume, or falling waters spray. She was vastly applauded in several brilliant arias. Her assistants were Mr. Mills and Mr. Castle, the well-known pianist and the tenor. It is understood that Miss Patti will give two more concerts before sailing to Europe. She proceeds then directly to England under an engagement with Mr. Harrison, who has a splendid opera-house, using Signor Costa’s orchestra of ninety chosen instruments.”