Maretzek Italian Opera: I Vespri Siciliani

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Price: $1 Admission to all parts of the house

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Nov 1868, 1:00 PM

Program Details

Last performance of the season.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Vêpres siciliennes, Les
aka Vepres; I Vespri siciliani; Sicilian vespers, The
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Scribe, Duveyrier
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Pasquale Brignoli;  Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci;  Domenico Orlandini;  Agatha [soprano] States

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 November 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 23 November 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 25 November 1868.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 27 November 1868.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 November 1868, 5.

The troupe leaves for Philadelphia after this performance.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 November 1868, 5.
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 November 1868, 7.
8)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 November 1868, 5.

Last opportunity to hear Italian opera in New York until February.

9)
Review: New-York Times, 30 November 1868, 4.

“Mr. MARETZEK’S brief season came to an end on Saturday, when a highly successful and good performance of ‘Les Vespres Siciliennes’ was given. In two weeks Mr. MARETZEK has given here and in Brooklyn no fewer than fourteen representations, and in a general way they have been even and satisfactory. He has lacked an artiste of strong personal attractiveness—but, the distribution of his operas, nevertheless, has been judicious and good. We hear that it is his intention to return in February and to commence a longer and better organized campaign. He is sufficiently encouraged—if not enriched—to think that there is yet an opening and an opportunity for Italian opera.”

10)
Review: Dwight's Journal of Music, 05 December 1868, 358.

“It will be observed that during the fortnight’s campaign six of Verdi’s works were performed, while only one of Mozart’s had that honor.”