Maretzek Italian Opera: Norma

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Oct 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Fifteenth subscription night.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Norma
Composer(s): Bellini
Text Author: Romani
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Carlotta Carozzi-Zucchi (role: Norma);  Bernardo Massimiliani (role: Pollio);  Enrichetta [soprano] Bosisio (role: Adalgisa);  Giuseppe B. [basso] Antonucci (role: Proveso)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 October 1865.
2)
Advertisement: New York Post, 19 October 1865.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 October 1865.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 October 1865, 3.

“The establishment does not advertise in the New-York Herald.”

5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 20 October 1865.
6)
Review: New-York Times, 21 October 1865, 5.

“Bellini's opera of ‘Norma’ was given last night to the usual crowded and fashionable attendance. Mme. Lucchi [sic] was the Norma and Mlle. Bosisio the Adalgisa. The first-named lady was admirable in all the dramatic parts of the opera, and especially grand in the second act. Her voice, however, lacks the steadiness and purity necessary for the grand scena of the first act.  Mlle. Bosisio displayed a slight improvement on her previous efforts, but is yet timid, immature and unsatisfactory. She was heard to best advantage in the duet of the third act. Signor Massimiliani sang excellently as Pollio, and Signor Antonucci was equally good as Proveso.”