Armand French Opera: Il trovatore

Event Information

Venue(s):
French Theatre

Manager / Director:
Johann Armand [tenor, director]

Conductor(s):
Adolph Neuendorff

Price: $6 box for four; $1.50 orchestra; $1, $.75 dress circle; $.40 family circle

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 October 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Jan 1867, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Trovatore, Il
aka Troubadour
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Cammarano
Participants:  Armand French Opera;  Monsieur Wilhelm [vocal];  Jeanne Laurentis;  Therese Bonconsiglio;  Jean Vert;  Elvira Naddie (role: Leonora);  Johann Armand [tenor, director]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 07 January 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 January 1867.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 09 January 1867.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 January 1867.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 10 January 1867, 5.

“The hackneyed opera of Il Trovatore was given at the French theatre last night, with Mlles. Naddie, Bonconsiglia, and Laurentis and Messrs. Armand, Wilhelm and Vert in the principal rôles. The audience was not very large, but very select, and rewarded the efforts of the artists with applause. Mlle. Naddie, although her voice is unsuited for grand opera as regards volume and steadiness, sang with charming grace and feeling, that almost compensated for these deficiencies. Wilhelm and Armand were also received with favor, and acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of the audience.”