Philharmonic Society of New York Public Rehearsal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Apr 1874, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Philharmonic Society of New York;  Ilma di Murska
2)
Ah! Perfido, op. 65
aka O Perfido
Composer(s): Beethoven
Participants:  Ilma di Murska
3)
Robert le diable, "En vain j’espère"
aka En vain j’espere; La vano il fato
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants:  Ilma di Murska

Citations

1)
Review: New-York Times, 18 April 1874, 4.

“This accomplished artist, though for some weeks suffering from sore throat, has been doing much excellent vocal work. Yesterday afternoon she sang at the Philharmonic rehearsal, before an audience which, despite the wretched weather, was about as large as the Academy of Music could contain. Her rendering of Beethoven’s Ah! Perfido showed musicianly skill and an appreciation of the composer’s meaning. In the first aria of Isabella in ‘Robert le diable’ she awakened the warmest enthusiasm by her finished phrasing and graceful execution.”

2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 18 April 1874.

“Philharmonic rehearsal, yesterday: Miss Rosalie [Ruggles], Miss Hattie Willis, Miss Lilla Seton, Miss Maud Howe, Phil Sherwood.”