Capoul’s Farewell

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $.50; $1 reserved seat

Event Type:
Band

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Mar 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Ninth Regiment Band; Jacob [baritone] Müller; Marie Leon Duval; Victor Capoul; Charles [pianist] Pratt; Josefina [pianist and violinist] Filomeno; Clara [contralto] Perl

2)

Reine d’un jour, La, overture

Composer(s): Adam

3)

Morgenblätter, op. 279

aka Morgenblatter; Melodische Depeschen; Morning flowers

Composer(s): Strauss

4)

Faust, "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je"

aka Faust. Garden scene; Saints above, what lovely gems!

Composer(s): Gounod

Participants: Marie Leon Duval; Victor Capoul

5)

aka Non e ver; Tis not true

Composer(s): Mattei

Participants: Jacob [baritone] Müller

6)

Composer(s): De Murielle

Participants: Marie Leon Duval

7)

Composer(s): Mulder

Participants: Clara [contralto] Perl

8)

Ernani, selection

Composer(s): Verdi

9)

10)

Fille du régiment, La, overture

aka Daughter of the Regiment, The ; Figlia del reggimento, La; Child of the Regiment, The; Regimentstochter, Die; La fille du regiment

Composer(s): Donizetti

11)

Trovatore, Il, "Balen del suo sorriso, Il"

aka Di Luna’s aria; Tempest of the heart; Tutto è deserto; That ringing!

Composer(s): Verdi

Participants: Jacob [baritone] Müller

12)

Overture de Guillaume Tell [after Rossini]

Composer(s): Gottschalk

Participants: Charles [pianist] Pratt; Josefina [pianist and violinist] Filomeno

13)

Martha, "Ach, so fromm, ach! so traut"

aka M'appari tutt’amor; My raptured gaze; Lionel’s air; Ah, so pure

Composer(s): Flotow

Participants: Victor Capoul

14)

Lucrezia Borgia, "Segreto per esser felici"

aka Brindisi; It is better to laugh than be sighing; Drinking song

Composer(s): Donizetti

Participants: Clara [contralto] Perl

15)

Dragons de Villars, Les, selection

Composer(s): Maillart

Participants: Marie Leon Duval; Victor Capoul

16)

Narren-Tanz, op. 186

Composer(s): Gung'l

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Post, 20 March 1872, 3.

2)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 March 1872, 7.

Capoul’s last appearance in New York.

3)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 March 1872, 2.

Includes programme.

4)

Announcement: New-York Times, 23 March 1872, 8.

5)

Review: New-York Times, 25 March 1872, 4.

“The concert at the Grand Opera-house, last evening, was attended by an assemblage which fairly overflowed the auditorium of that magnificent house. The honors of the performance were for M. Capoul and M. Duval, M. Capoul reciting [see above].”