Maretzek Italian Opera

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Jaime Nuno

Price: $1

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 October 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Apr 1863, 1:00 PM

Program Details

Grand Gala Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company
2)
Lucia di Lammermoor
aka Lucy of Lammermoor
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Cammarano
Participants:  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini (role: Enrico Ashton);  Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Edgardo);  T. [tenor] Rubio (role: Lord Arturo Bucklaw );  Johanna Ficher (role: Alisa);  Domenico Coletti (role: Raimondo Bidebent);  Antonietta Brignoli-Ortolani (role: Lucia)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 11 March 1863, 6.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 March 1863, 9.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 April 1863, 7.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 April 1863, 7.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 April 1863, 7.

Has mistaken date of “Saturday, April 9.”  Saturday was April 11.

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 April 1863, 7.
Cast.
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 April 1863, 7.
Cast, time, price.
8)
Announcement: New-York Times, 11 April 1863, 4.

9)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 April 1863.

10)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 11 April 1863.
Announcement of program with singers. Biachi and Barili are praised for having voices suited to Bellini’s music.
11)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 11 April 1863.