Nixon's Palace of Music: Cubas benefit
Event Information
Venue(s):
Palace of Music
Conductor(s):
Emanuele Muzio
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Performance Forces:
Vocal
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
11 May 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
15 Sep 1862, EveningProgram Details
Promenade music included.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Amati Dubreuil; Augustino Susini; Isabel Cubas; Carlotta Patti; Amalia Patti Strakosch
2)
aka The French spy; Or, The storming of Algiers;
The French spy; Or, The siege of Algiers;
The French spy; Or, The fall of Algiers
Participants: Isabel Cubas
3)
Citations
2)
Grand concert with “volunteers” C. Patti (“being positively her last appearance in concert, preparatory for her debut in opera”), Strakosch, Susini, Dubreuil, and Muzio. “After which; promenade music and equestrian performance. . . . Admission (for this occasion only) .50.”
3)
“Mr. Nixon has, we think, made a most fortunate hit in securing the services of Miss Carlotta Patti. A number of circumstances combine to render her a paying card even in times like these. The immense success of her sister abroad, her own undeniable merits as a vocalist, and the curiosity excited by the mechanical contrivance by which she is enabled to surmount her unfortunate lameness, and to tread the operatic boards for the first time, all contribute to render her debut one of the most interesting that has taken place for some years.”
4)
“The most interesting performance announced for this evening, though, is that of Señorita Cubas, in the ‘French Spy.’ . . .[Cubas] will provide an unusually liberal programme of accessory ballet, music and equestrianism. Carlotta Patti sings there for the last time in concert.”