Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
26 Feb 1865, Evening
Program Details
U.S. premiere of the Mercadante. Although the titles of the movements are given in Latin in the New York Herald, the text in the score is in Italian and English. Without a review or other corroborating evidence, the language sung in this performance cannot be determined.
Le Sette parole di Nostro Signore includes:
1. Introduction (quartet, Mrs. Easton, Miss Henry, Messrs Reichart, Hensler. chorus)
2. Pater dimitte illa (Mrs. Easton, s)
3. Amen dico tibi (chorus)
4. Mulier ecco filius (Reichart, t, Hensler b)
5. Eli, eli, lama (Chorus)
6. Jesus exclamavit ( Lotti, t)
7. Consumatum est (Centemeri, bar, chorus)
8. Pater in manus tuas (Chorus)
Performers and/or Works Performed
2)
aka Seven last words of our Lord on the cross
Composer(s): Mercadante
4)
Composer(s): Lefébure-Wély
7)
Composer(s): Illegible composer
8)
Composer(s): Mercadante
9)
aka Mass, no. 2
Composer(s): Haydn
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 February 1865.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 26 February 1865.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 February 1865, 7.
Includes program.