Maretzek Italian Opera: Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 October 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Feb 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Don Sébastian (opera) includes an unidentified ballet.

11th subscription night. Last scheduled performance of this opera for the current season.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal
aka Dom Sebastian, King of Portugal; Dom Sebastien; Don Sebastian
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Scribe
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Bernardo Massimiliani;  Mlle. Ernestine;  Mlle. [dancer] Auriol;  Augustino Susini;  Domenico Lorini;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Carlotta Carozzi-Zucchi
2)
Ballet, unidentified
Participants:  Mlle. Ernestine;  Mlle. [dancer] Auriol

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 February 1865.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 February 1865.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 February 1865.

4)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 20 February 1865.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 21 February 1865, 4.
“All the splendid features with which it was originally presented were fully preserved. The artists sang well, Zucchi and Massimiliani being especially good. Bellini’s Camoens was, as usual, excellent. Mr. Weinlich sang the part of the Grand Inquisitor, which Susini originally assumed, and sang it well.”
6)
Review: New York Post, 21 February 1865.
“The audience . . .  was large and fashionable, and the opera—‘Don Sebastian’—given with the usual acceptation, the duet, O fausto di and the favorite septet receiving encores. Weinlich, who had sung the part in Germany, was substituted for Susini, as the Inquisitor, and did very well indeed, his deep low voice enabling him to adhere to such of the music of his part as Susini was obliged to alter or omit.”