Strakosch Italian Opera: Don Giovanni

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Emanuele Muzio

Price: $3 reserved; $2

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Nov 1873, 1:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Don Giovanni
aka Dissoluto punito, Il; ossia Il Don Giovanni Libertine Punished, The; or Don Giovanni
Composer(s): Mozart
Text Author: da Ponte
Participants:  Domenico Coletti (role: Commendatore);  Christine Nilsson (role: Donna Elvira);  Italo Campanini (role: Don Ottavio);  Alice Maresi (role: Donna Anna);  Victor Maurel (role: Don Giovanni);  Ostava Torriani (role: Zerlina);  Evasio Scolara (role: Leporello)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 31 October 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 November 1873, 2.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 02 November 1873, 5.

“‘Don Giovanni’ was the opera at the Academy of Music, yesterday. Signor Scolara, a capital actor, personated Leporello, on account of the indisposition of Signor Nannetti. The cast was unchanged in other respects.”