Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Emanuele Muzio

Price: $1.50, $1 reserved

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Oct 1873, Evening

Program Details

The citations are divided on which orchestra performed at this concert: that of the Academy of Music or that of the Strakosch Italian Opera troupe. The latter seems more likely, as Emanuele Muzio, that troupe’s regular conductor, was at the podium.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Strakosch Italian Opera Company, orchestra;  Victor Capoul;  Giuseppe Del Puente;  Anna Drasdil;  Alice Maresi
2)
Zampa, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
3)
Favorite, La, duet
aka Favorita; Favoured one
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Giuseppe Del Puente;  Anna Drasdil
4)
Lucrezia Borgia, "Vieni la mia vendetta"
aka Alfonso's cavatina, act 1; Haste thee, for vengeance
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Alice Maresi
5)
Martha, "Ach, so fromm, ach! so traut"
aka M'appari tutt’amor; My raptured gaze; Lionel’s air; Ah, so pure
Composer(s): Flotow
Participants:  Victor Capoul
6)
Tancredi, "Di tanti palpiti"
Composer(s): Rossini
Text Author: Rossi
Participants:  Anna Drasdil
7)
Ballo in maschera, Un, romanza
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants:  Giuseppe Del Puente
8)
INTERMISSION
9)
Muette de Portici, La, overture
aka Masaniello; Mute Girl of Portici; Stumme von Portici
Composer(s): Auber
10)
"Rappelle toi"
Composer(s): Rembielinski
Participants:  Victor Capoul
11)
Mazurka, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Chopin
Participants:  Alice Maresi
12)
"Non è ver"
aka Non e ver; Tis not true
Composer(s): Mattei
Participants:  Giuseppe Del Puente
13)
Faust, "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je"
aka Faust. Garden scene; Saints above, what lovely gems!
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants:  Victor Capoul;  Alice Maresi
14)
Prophète, Le, "Marche du sacre"
aka Prophete. Coronation march; Grand processional march; Krönungsmarsch; Crowning march
Composer(s): Meyerbeer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 October 1873, 13.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 October 1873, 3.

“An operatic concert will be given under the auspices of the School Teachers’ Association on Saturday evening next at the Academy of Music. [Lists performers.] Signor Muzio’s entire orchestra will be present. The programme is made up of selections from ‘La Favorita,’ ‘Martha,’ ‘Lucretia Borgia,’ ‘Massaniello,’ ‘Faust’ and ‘Ballo in Maschera.’”

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 October 1873, 5.

“A concert will be given at the Academy of Music on Saturday evening for the benefit of the library fund of the School Teachers’ Association of this city.” Lists participants.

4)
Announcement: New York Sun, 25 October 1873, 3.

“A concert of unusual excellence is to be given this evening in the Academy of Music under the auspices of the School Teachers’ Association of this city. [Lists participants.] The programme is comprised of the choicest selections from the most popular operas. The friends of the school teachers of the city, who would like to hear some good music well rendered, will prefer this opportunity to most others.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1873, 2.

Program.