Maretzek Italian Opera: Il trovatore

Event Information

Venue(s):
Winter Garden

Manager / Director:
Max Maretzek

Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Dec 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Trovatore, Il
aka Troubadour
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Cammarano
Participants:  Maretzek Italian Opera Company;  Fernando [bass-baritone] Bellini;  Francesco Mazzoleni;  G. [basso] Fossati;  Carmelina Poch [mezzo];  Fanny Natali-Testa [contralto] (role: azucena)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 December 1866, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 13 December 1866.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 13 December 1866.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 December 1866, 4.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 15 December 1866, 4.

“‘Il Trovatore’ was the opera given last night at the Winter Garden. The work still retains its interest to a large proportion of the musical community. For the critic it offers nothing new. The performance was a good one, and satisfied a fine and fashionable audience.”

6)
Review: Courrier des États-Unis, 17 December 1866.

“The success in Trovatore, Friday evening, belonged without dispute to Mme Natali Testa, who is the most beautiful Azucena who was ever produced in New York. Mlle Poch also had some beautiful moments, as did M. Bellini. The scene of the Miserere, as always, was very effective.”