Testimonial to Young American Tragedienne, Theresa Sherk

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 March 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Selections from Shakespeare include: Hamlet, Act I, scene 2, and Macbeth, Act I, scene 7; Act V, scene 7. From Fazio: Act II, scene 3. Also included an unidentified declamation in costume from Schiller’s Joan of Arc.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  Theresa [actress] Sherk
2)
Ruy Blas, op. 95
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Hamlet, [play], selections
Text Author: Shakespeare
4)
Symphony, no. 1, op. 21, C major. Andante cantabile
Composer(s): Beethoven
5)
Macbeth, selections
Text Author: Shakespeare
6)
Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Fazio; or, The Italian wife, selections
Text Author: Milman
8)
Preciosa, overture
Composer(s): Weber

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 February 1869, 4.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 February 1869, 7.

Includes program

3)
Review: New-York Times, 19 February 1869, 5.

“Mr. Theodore Thomas and his admirable orchestra were present, and relieved the tedium of a very serious evening.”