Maretzek Italian Opera: Un ballo in maschera

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Oct 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Twentieth subscription night.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Ballo in maschera, Un
aka A Masked ball; Masked ball
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Somma
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Bine de Rossi (role: Ulrica);  Amati Dubreuil;  Ettore Barili;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Francesco Mazzoleni;  Carlotta Carozzi-Zucchi;  Enrichetta [soprano] Bosisio

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Post, 30 October 1865.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 October 1865, 2.

“The first subscription series of the present season’s operatic performances comes to a close to-night . . .  with the cast improved by the introduction of Rossi.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 October 1865.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 30 October 1865.
5)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 October 1865.
6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 October 1865.

“The opera of ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ was given . . . to a fashionable, but not a full house. The fact is that the new comic opera, new at least to this country, has created so delightful an impression, that every one is waiting for its repetition, and ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ is not strong enough to draw against such an attraction. The cast was, however, very strong, numbering among the principals Carozzi-Zucchi, Bosisio, Bice de Rossi, Mazzoleni and Bellini, and the opera was well performed throughout, the audience appreciating very heartily the exertions of the artists throughout.”