Maretzek Italian Opera: La favorite

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Price: $1.00

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Mar 1866, 1:00 PM

Program Details

Signor Ardavani replaced Signor Bellini. Kruger and Vidal performed in the incidental ballet.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka La favorita; The Favoured One
Composer(s): Donizetti
Text Author: Royer, Vaƫz

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 March 1866, 7.

Incidental ballet, price.

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 March 1866.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 March 1866, 4.

“La Favorita drew an immense throng. . . . The cast was very much weakened by the substitution of Signor Ardavani for Signor Bellini. Ardavani did pretty well, but neither as an actor nor a singer can he satisfactorily supply the place of Bellini.

    Mdlle. Poch acquitted herself to greater acceptation than heretofore. We recognized her claims as an artist at first, but she has vastly improved the impression made by her first performance, and merits our warm approbation for her performance on Saturday morning.  A most amusing incident occurred after the Pope’s Nuncio had decreed a separation between the King and Leonora, for just as the act concluded with a grand ensemble, the curtain fell between Poch and Ardavani, and effectually carried into execution the Bull of the Pope.  This very apropos contretemps excited shouts of laughter and applause, which continued until Mdlle. Poch appeared to bow her thanks for the solicitude of the public.”