Maretzek Italian Opera: Jone

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $1 to all parts of the house—no reserved seats

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Oct 1865, 1:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Jone
aka Ultimo giorno di Pompei ; Last Days of Pompeii; Ione
Composer(s): Petrella
Text Author: Peruzzini
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Francesco Mazzoleni;  Adelaide Phillips;  Enrichetta [soprano] Bosisio;  Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1865.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 October 1865.

“Positively only time at a Matinee of Petrella’s Ione.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 October 1865, 4.
4)
Review: New York Post, 16 October 1865, 2.

“The matinee on Saturday was very largely attended, and the performance of ‘Ione’ was as good as any this season.  In the last act, the fine duet between the soprano and the baritone was omitted, but this was the only drawback to a most satisfactory lyrical representation.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 16 October 1865.

“The matinee on Saturday brought another operatic week to a successful termination.”

6)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 16 October 1865, 1.

“Saturday, at the matinee, M. Mazzoleni had fortunately recovered his voice, just as M. Bellini did. Also, their success, in Ione, was as large as it was deserved. Mlle Bossisio distinguished herself equally, and M. Antonucci found in his register notes of a clarity and a vigor that we had not yet known in him before.”