Article on the Italian Opera season

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26 April 2013

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02 Apr 1866

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Article: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 02 April 1866, 169.

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    The winter season of the New York Italian Opera lasted 18 weeks in New York (…). The sum of performances was 108; 72 in New York; 20 in Brooklyn and 16 Matinees in New York. 23 operas were performed:

Meyerbeer: “Robert der Teufel”, The “Afrikanerin”, “Nordstern”

Brother’s Ricci: “Crispino e la Comare”

Verdi: “Trovatore”, “Ballo”, “Rigoletto”, “ Ernani”, “Traviata”

Donizetti: “Lucrezia”, “Lucia”, “Don Sebastian”, “Il Poliuto”, “Don Pascale”

Gounod: “Faust”

Auber: “Fra Diavolo”

Petrella: “Jone”

Bellini: “Favorita”, “Sonnambula”, “Norma”, “Puritani”

Flotow: “Martha”

Mozart: “Don Juan”

     Meyerbeer’s “Afrikanerin” was performed 21 times, “Nordstern” 5 times. On average 6 performances per week were given.