Othello

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Maurice Grau

Conductor(s):
Luciano Conterno

Price: $3, $2.50 parquet and balcony; $1.50 general admission; $.50 family circle; $16, $12, $10 private boxes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM

Program Details

D. de Vivo, business manager.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Salvini Dramatic Troupe;  Tommaso Salvini (role: Othello);  Alessandro Salvini (role: Iago);  Isolina Piamonti (role: Desdemona)

Citations

1)
Article: New-York Times, 24 August 1873, 4.

Excerpts from the actor’s biography.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 26 August 1873, 2.

Listing of Salvini’s entire repertory; principal cities of his American tour.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 31 August 1873, 7.

Long card listing all the members of Salvini’s troupe, plans for performances, etc. Tickets on sale September 1, 1873 for a series of 20 performances: $50, $80 parquet and balcony reserved; $200, $240, $320, private boxes.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 11 September 1873, 4.

Announces Salvini’s arrival in New York.

5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 12 September 1873, 2.
6)
Article: New York Herald, 14 September 1873, 5.

Enormous article on Salvini’s biography, roles, etc.

7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 September 1873, 13.

Full cast list.

8)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 September 1873, 7.
9)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 September 1873, 2.
10)
Review: New-York Times, 17 September 1873, 4.

Lengthy review. No mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Herald, 17 September 1873, 9.

Lengthy review. No mention of music.

12)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 September 1873, 5.

Lengthy review. No mention of music.

13)
Review: New York Post, 17 September 1873, 2.

Lengthy review. No mention of music.

14)
Review: New York Sun, 18 September 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

15)
Review: New York Herald, 19 September 1873, 6.

Lengthy review. No mention of music.

16)
Review: New York Post, 19 September 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

17)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 October 1873, 214.

No mention of music.