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:
9 July 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
06 Dec 1864, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Donizetti: Dom Sébastien
Includes an incidental ballet [ballet divertissement, unidentified] (Ernestine and Auriol)
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“The very large house at the Academy last night was another evidence of how much the opera of Don Sebastiano has become popular. It was the fifth night of its performance; yet there was no diminution in the attendance. The audience was if anything more fashionable and distinguished than usual. The music and the artists met with very warm appreciation throughout. The duet, O Fausta Di, in the third act, was encored. So also was the delightful septette in the fourth act, at the close of which all the artists were called before the curtain.”
Very brief. “The repetition of ‘Don Sebastian’ last night was the best performance yet-given here of that opera.”
Very brief. The opera “was repeated last evening, with complete success. The work gains in public favor, and is evidently destined to become a leading feature or Mr. Maretzek’s repertoire.”