Strakosch Troupe Concert: Last

Event Information

Venue(s):
Steinway Hall

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
S. Behrens

Price: $1.50; $1 gallery; $2-$3 reserved seat

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Variations on the Carnival of Venice
Composer(s): Benedict
Participants:  Carlotta Patti
3)
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants:  Giovanni Mario
4)
aka Ballade et polonaise brilliante
Composer(s): Vieuxtemps
Participants:  Emile [violinist] Sauret
5)
aka Witches’ dance; Hexentanz
Composer(s): Paganini
Participants:  Emile [violinist] Sauret
6)
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Participants:  Teresa Carreño

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 September 1872, 7.

Last concert prior to departure for Boston.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 25 September 1872, 4.

“The last of the Patti-Mario concerts to occur before the company visits Hartford, where they appear Thursday, and Boston, where they are to be heard on Saturday, was given at Steinway Hall last evening. The programme was as liberal and as varied as usual, but generous as it was it scarcely seemed to satisfy, for a repetition of every number was demanded. Without entering into as copious details as the magnitude and quality of the performance actually warrant, we may mention that Miss Patti was at her best in Benedict’s variations on ‘Le Carnaval de Venise;’ that Signor Mario sang with unimpeachable elegance and sentiment the well-known romance form ‘Gli Ugonoti,’ commencing with the recitative ‘Presso al castel;’ and that M. Sauret’s precise and spirited execution was made clearer than ever by a dashing delivery of Vieuxtemps’ ‘Polonaise,’ and a faultless and most effective recital of Paganini’s ‘Witches’ Dance.’ Miss Cary, Signor Ronconi and Mlle. Carreño co-operated, as heretofore, in the entertainment.”

3)
Review: New York Post, 25 September 1872, 2.

“Steinway Hall last night was again the home of music in the farewell concert of the Strakosch troupe before their departure for Hartford and Boston. All the members of the company appeared to advantage. Young M. Sauret played two difficult pieces very brilliantly, the ‘Ballade and Polonaise’ of Vieuxtemps and the ‘Witches Dance’ of Paganini. Mlle. Carreño performed a composition of Mendelssohn’s with great effect, though evidently under constraint for a time by reason of the presence of the great Rubinstein, who applauded her warmly. Miss Cary won all hearts by her pure, fresh voice and earnest feeling, and was called back with emphasis. Carlotta Patti and Signor Mario repeated almost exactly their enchantments of the former concerts, and the short season came to a very brilliant conclusion.”