Arion Gesangverein Bal Masque

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Franz Rietzel [cond.-comp.fl-vn]

Price: $10, one gentleman and one lady

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1872, 10:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 February 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 09 February 1872, 10.

“The strains of Strauss and Gungl from the fine orchestra of Rietzel floated over the vast ballroom, rippling the glittering surface of the stream of gaily costumed masqueraders like a summer breeze on a flower prairie of Iowa.”

3)
Review: New York Post, 09 February 1872, 2.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Sun, 09 February 1872, 1.

Very faint; difficult to read.