Maretzek Italian Opera: Ernani

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Price: $1.00

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Mar 1865, 1:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Ernani
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Piave
Participants:  Achille Ardavani;  Alessandro Maccaferri;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Carlotta Carozzi-Zucchi (role: Elvira);  Giovanni Garibaldi

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 March 1865, 5.

     “We are glad to hear—and our lady readers will join us in the gladness—that there is to be a Matinée on Saturday.  Verdi’s opera of ‘Ernani’ is to be given.  The Matinée will commence at the usual hour, and end in time for the Philharmonic concert.  It might, however, be desirable for enthusiasts to remain in the Academy from Friday night inasmuch as there is a rehearsal early on Saturday morning.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 March 1865.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 March 1865, 4.

4)
Advertisement: Courrier des États-Unis, 09 March 1865.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 March 1865.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 10 March 1865.

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 11 March 1865, 4.

8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 11 March 1865, 1.

9)
Review: New York Herald, 12 March 1865, 4.

     “Yesterday was an opera festival. We had a grand matinee in the day, with such a house as has been rarely seen even at a matinee. There was neither sitting nor standing room to be obtained after the curtain rose. Ernani was the opera, with Zucchi, Macaferri [sic], Ardavanni and Garibaldi in the cast. The opera was very well sung, and the audience more enthusiastically plaudatory than usual.”

10)
Review: New York Post, 13 March 1865.

     “The matinee . . . was in every way a most brilliant success. The house was crowded to excess, and the singers gave a vigorous and enjoyable performance of ‘Ernani.’”