Maretzek Italian Opera Sunday Concert: 1st

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
G. Carlberg

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 July 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera, chorus; Maretzek Italian Opera, orchestra; Leoni Levielli; Signor Sparapani; Rose Hersee; Joseph Jamet

2)

Maximilian Robespierre

Composer(s): Litolff

3)

aka Martha, oder Der Markt zu Richmond Martha, or The Market at Richmond

Composer(s): Flotow

Participants: Joseph Jamet

4)

"Minstrel boy, The"

aka Minstrel boy to the war hath gone; Minstrel boy to the war is gone, The

Composer(s): Moore

Participants: Rose Hersee

5)

Manon Lescaut, "C’est l’histoire amoureuse"

aka Laughing song; Eclat de rire

Composer(s): Auber

Participants: Rose Hersee

6)

Symphony, no. 4, op. 60, B-flat major. Adagio

Composer(s): Beethoven

7)

Guillaume Tell, romanza

Composer(s): Rossini

Participants: Leoni Levielli

8)

Aria, unidentified

Composer(s): Mattei

Participants: Signor Sparapani

9)

Faust, selections

aka Grand Potpourri

Composer(s): Gounod

Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera, orchestra

10)

11)

Aufforderung zum Tanze, [arranged by Berlioz]

aka Invitation to the dance; Invitation a la valse

Composer(s): Weber

12)

Lucrezia Borgia, aria

Composer(s): Donizetti

Participants: Leoni Levielli

13)

aka Palms, The

Composer(s): Faure

Participants: Joseph Jamet

14)

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: Signor Sparapani

15)

Athalie, "Kriegsmarsch der Priester"

aka Athalia; Athalie. War march; Athalie. Presto march

Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Post, 16 September 1872, 2.

2)

Announcement: New York Sun, 16 September 1872, 1.

3)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 September 1872, 7.

4)

Announcement: New York Post, 04 October 1872, 2.

5)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 October 1872, 2.

Includes program.

6)

Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 October 1872, 8.

“The first of the Sunday concerts announced by Mr. Daly at the Grand Opera House took place last night before a respectable but rather small audience. There was an orchestra of about 40 pieces conducted by Mr. Maretzek and Mr. Carlberg alternately, and some of the lesser lights of the Italian Opera Company, together with Miss Rose Hersee, appeared in a miscellaneous programme, sufficiently light and varied for the occasion. Mlle. Levielli, M. Jamet, and Sig. Sparapani sang; but Sig. Vizzani and Sig. Ronconi, whose names were on the programme, and Señora Sanz (who had been advertised under the name of Saur) were absent. The Grand Opera House is well adapted and well situated for Sunday concerts, and there is no reason why Mr. Daly’s venture should not prove successful.”

7)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 12 October 1872, 222.

“The first Sunday Evening Concert was given at the Grand Opera House on Oct. 6th, but attracted a somewhat meagre audience, composed almost entirely of males.”