Maretzek Italian Opera: Robert le Diable
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Mr. Ronzani
Price: $1
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 August 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
16 Apr 1864, MatineePerformers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka Robert the devil;
Robert der Teufel
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
Participants: Maretzek Italian Opera Company; Corps de ballet, unidentified; Guglielmo Lotti (role: Raimbaut); Pasquale Brignoli (role: Robert); Giuseppina Medori (role: Alice); Joseph Hermanns (role: Bertram); Lisa Harris (role: Isabella); Mlle. Ernestine (role: Helene)
Citations
7)
“The audience yesterday—who were charmed with perhaps one of the best renditions of Robert le Diable for the season—both in numbers and fashion, testified their satisfaction at the reputation which the leading artists have won in this great work. Medori was magnificent in the second and fifth acts. Brignoli, in the Sicilienne, won the usual amount of approbation, and in the trio of the second act, with Medori and Hermanns, sang delightfully. Miss Harris, in her difficult role, obtained some approval for her execution, which in a measure supplies the deficiency of power.”