Maretzek Italian Opera: La favorite

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Jaime Nuno

Price: $1

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1863, 1:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Favorite, La
aka La favorita; The Favoured One
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Royer, Vaëz
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Henrietta Sulzer (role: Leonora);  Hannibal Biachi (role: Balthazar);  T. [tenor] Rubio (role: Don Gaspar);  Johanna Ficher (role: Inez);  Giovanni Sbriglia (role: Fernando);  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini (role: Alphonso)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 April 1863, 7.
“The entire Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA and The Last Scene of IL TROVATORE.”
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 April 1863, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 April 1863, 7.
Announces La Favorita.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 17 April 1863, 4.
“We are not yet aware of what artists will sing in [Favorita].”
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1863, 7.
Announces La Favorita.
6)
Announcement: New York Post, 17 April 1863, 2.
“[T]he last day performance of the season will be given, when the whole of ‘La Favorita’ will be sung.”
7)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 17 April 1863.

8)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 April 1863, 4.

9)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 April 1863, 7.
Cast.
10)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 April 1863, 1.

11)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 April 1863, 7.
Cast.
12)
Review: Dwight's Journal of Music, 02 May 1863, 23.
Very brief mention that it was performed.