Maretzek Italian Opera: Un ballo in maschera
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Price: $1 all parts of the house
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 August 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
21 Mar 1863, 1:00 PMProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka A Masked ball;
Masked ball
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; Ginerva Guerrabella (role: Amelia); Domenico Coletti; Antonietta Brignoli-Ortolani (role: Oscar); Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini; Henrietta Sulzer (role: Ulrica); Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Count Renard)
Citations
1)
A bad week at the Opera. The throat ailments have spread and have yielded disappointment upon disappointment to the public. . . . Wednesday, [the doors of the theater] open for Ballo in Maschera; but the role of Mme Medori is filled by Mme Gorrabella [sic] who, with all her charming qualities, didn't know how to make us forget the voice--so powerful and so dramatic--that she replaced. . . .
7)
Maretzek, cond. “[O]n which occasion will be presented, for positively The Only Time, Verdi’s most popular opera, Un Ballo In Maschera.”
9)
Main ad and series of small ads with cast information in each.
10)
“The matinee on Saturday was well attended and the opera satisfactorily given.”
11)
“Maretzek had last week most convincing proof of the determination of the New York public to fully patronize his grand operatic season. The indisposition of some of his artists, although causing disappointment to both public and manager, did not prevent the attendance of large and fashionable audiences each night that opera was given; while the matinee was also eminently successful.”
12)
Doesn’t give specific date of performance. “Bellini had meanwhile an opportunity, to redeem his reputation as a fine artist with a very sonorous voice. His performance in ‘Un Ballo’ was excellent.”
13)
“Il Ballo was given in differently [sic] at the Matinée on Saturday.”