Elizabeth, Queen of England

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Maurice Grau

Price: $2 reserved parquet and balcony; $1; $.50 family circle; $10 private box of four seats

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Dec 1873, Evening
20 Dec 1873, Matinee

Program Details

Isolina Piamonti benefit on Friday.

Matinee prices: $2 boxes; $1 to all other parts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Elizabeth, Queen of England
Text Author: Giacometti
Participants:  Tommaso Salvini (role: Robert, Earl of Essex);  Isolina Piamonti (role: Elizabeth, Queen of England)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 December 1873, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 December 1873, 7.

For Saturday matinee, but announces Othello as play to be performed.

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 December 1873, 2.

For Saturday matinee, but announces Othello as play to be performed.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 20 December 1873, 1.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Post, 20 December 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 December 1873, 6.

“Signor Salvini, with to-day’s performance of ‘Elizabeth,’ will bring to a close his representations in this City. It was intended to give ‘Othello’ this afternoon, but the programme was changed.

8)
Review: New-York Times, 20 December 1873, 6.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Herald, 20 December 1873, 5.

Long review with praise for Grau. No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Post, 23 December 1873, 2.

General review of Salvini’s recent season; no mention of music. 

11)
Review: New York Post, 26 December 1873, 2.

Additional praise for manager Maurice Grau.