Maretzek Italian Opera: Jone – Mazzoleni Benefit
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)
09 Apr 1864, 8:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka Ultimo giorno di Pompei ;
Last Days of Pompeii;
Ione
Composer(s): Petrella
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; Amati Dubreuil (role: Burbo); Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini (role: Arbaces); Giuseppina Medori (role: Jone); Henrietta Sulzer (role: Nidia); Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Glauco)
Citations
5)
“Signor Mazzoleni, the popular tenor and admirable artist, takes his first benefit here to-night. The bare announcement will undoubtedly suffice to fill the house, for the Signor has hosts of friends.”
8)
The tenor of the moment (“tenor en vogue”) has the right to all the public’s sympathy. It should be remembered that he has carried the burden, for a long time, of an exhausting repertoire.
10)
“Petrella’s grand opera, which has hitherto met with so much success, was given, without any deviation from its original splendor in mise en scene, at the Academy last night. The occasion was the benefit of Signor Mazzoleni. Glauco is perhaps one of Mazzoleni’s finest parts. There is abundant opportunity for the display of the dramatic power which he possesses in an eminent degree, and in his performance last night he did not disappoint his many admirers. He sang well, looked well, and acted with a genuine passion which was sympathetic. The Romanza in the last act, a difficult and laborious effort, as those who are familiar with the opera known well, was very ably rendered, and called forth continuous applause. Medori, we need hardly say, was grand, as Ione, and received a full measure of approbation, which was entirely deserved.”