Musical Reception

Event Information

Venue(s):
East 13th Street

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 January 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Feb 1864

Program Details

No time given.

Program performed by “young lady pupils.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Belisario, cavatina
Composer(s): Donizetti
2)
Semiramide, cavatina
aka Semiramis
Composer(s): Rossini
3)
Trovatore, Il, "Tacea la notte placida"
aka How peaceful was the night; Leonora's cavatina, act 1; Ché più t’arresti?
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Cammarano

Citations

1)
Review: New York Post, 12 February 1864.

Reception by a teacher “of vocalism.”  The “young ladies sang the most difficult cavatinas . . . assisted in the choruses by the other pupils.”