Maretzek Italian Opera: Il trovatore

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Jaime Nuno

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Nov 1863, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Domenico Coletti;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Giuseppina Medori;  Henrietta Sulzer;  Francesco Mazzoleni
2)
Trovatore, Il
aka Troubadour
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Cammarano

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 15 November 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 November 1863.

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 November 1863, 2.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 November 1863, 7.

5)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 16 November 1863.
Don Giovanni is in rehearsals.
6)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 November 1863.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 17 November 1863, 1.

“’Il Trovatore’—well beloved but most hackneyed of operas—attracted a good audience last evening. . . . [The audience heard] the fine members of Mr. Maretzek’s company to the best possible opportunity.  There was not a cold to divide amongst the lot.  They all sang well and acted with spirit.”