Maretzek Italian Opera: Norma - CANCELLED
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 August 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
16 Mar 1863, EveningProgram Details
Maretzek Italian Opera
Cancelled because of indisposition of Medori.
Cancelled because of indisposition of Medori.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; T. [tenor] Rubio (role: Flavio); Johanna Ficher (role: Clotilde); Giuseppina Medori (role: Norma); Henrietta Sulzer (role: Adalgisa); Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Pollione); Hannibal Biachi (role: Oroveso)
Citations
2)
“On Monday, Medori will sing in ‘Norma’ with Sulzer, Mazzoleni, and Biachi.”
6)
“Medori appears as the Druidess, a role in which she has excited the raptures of critical audiences, and Signor Mazzolini has consented to sing the rather unimportant music of Pollio… [T]he orchestra will be under the able direction of Mr. Maretzek.”
12)
“[T]here could be no performance owing to the indisposition of Mme. Medori. . . .
An occurrence of this sort reminds us constantly of the perishable state of Italian Opera in New-York. One accident of this kind is sufficient to destroy the entire profits of a week’s performances, and should bad weather supervene, a season’s industry and artistic success may be wasted in the further effort to give first-rate Italian opera at third and fourth rate prices of admission.”
13)
“The Opera House was unexpectedly closed last night, the cold weather having affected Medori’s voice so that she could not sing.”
14)
“In consequence of the sudden indisposition of Madame Medori, there was no performance at the Academy of Music last night.”
15)
“There was no performance . . . owing to the indisposition of Mme. Medori.”
16)
“Medori was so seriously indisposed that she could not sing – a fact which she announced to her manager in due season, but with the assurance that if any improvement took place she would, although suffering, go through with the opera. It became evident towards the close of the day that her appearance was impossible, and hence, as there was no time to prepare another performance, the Academy, perforce, remained closed that evening.”
18)
“A bad week for opera. . . . [O]n Monday, Medori could not sing Norma and the doors of the Academy remained shut.”
19)
“The opera was in the fog last week. On the 16th ‘Norma’ was on the bills, but Medori became ‘indisposed,’ and there being no one handy in the house to take her place, no performance was given, to the great loss of the manager, whose box sheet exhibited signs of a monster audience.”
20)
“The course of Italian opera, under Maretzek’s direction, has not run smoothly during the past week; the indisposition among singers, incident to a sudden change of climate, has necessitated unexpected changes of programme. Medori, announced to sing in ‘Norma’ last Monday, was unable to appear, and consequently, the theatre was closed.”