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)

29 Feb 1864, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Trovatore, Il
aka Troubadour
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Cammarano
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Giuseppina Medori (role: Leonora);  Henrietta Sulzer (role: Azucena);  Francesco Mazzoleni (role: Manrico);  Joseph Weinlich (role: Fernando);  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini (role: Count Di Luna)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 27 February 1864.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 February 1864.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 February 1864.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 February 1864, 5.

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Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 February 1864, 7.

Cast.  16th subscription night.

6)
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 29 February 1864.

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Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 29 February 1864.

8)
Announcement: New York Post, 29 February 1864.

9)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 February 1864.

“Tonight the Troubadour—Trovatore—will recite his woes.”

 

10)
Review: New York Herald, 01 March 1864, 4.

“Verdi’s Trovatore proves attractive at all times when sung by such artists as the Maretzek troupe. Although the public seem to have gone Faust mad, still a large and most fashionable audience filled the Academy of Music last evening to hear Mme. Medori, Mlle. Sulzer, Mazzoleni and Bellini in Verdi’s masterpiece. From the commencement of the performance until the fall of the curtain on the last act the greatest success attended the efforts of these artists, who were most deservedly applauded. They were all in fine voice, and we noticed that an unusual number of encores were demanded by the well pleased audience.”