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12-1-1976 Casts for the Verdi Premieres in the U.S. (1847-1976) (Part 1) Martin Chusid New York University

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Recommended Citation Chusid, Martin (1976) "Casts for the Verdi Premieres in the U.S. (1847-1976)" (Part 1), AIVS Newsletter: No. 2, Article 5

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1. March 3, 1847, I lombardi alla prima tioni (, 1862). See also U.S. pre­ croclata (Mi~, 1843). New York, Palmo's mieres of Due Foscari, , and Opera House fn. 6 6 Salvatore Patti2 (Arvino) conducted w.p. (Cairo, 1871). See Giuseppe Federico de! Bosco Beneventano 3 also U.S. premieres in note S. Max Maret­ (Pagano) zek, Crochets and Quavers (l8SS), claims Boulard (Viclinda) that Arditi was Bottesini's assistant. Clotilda Barili (Giselda) The most popular of all Verdi's early A. Sanquirico3 (Pirro) in the U.S. (1847-1976) Benetti Riese (Prior) 3. May 10, 1847, (w.~. , L. Martini (Acciano) 1844). , Howard Atheneum. Marty's Sesto Benedetti4 (Oronte) Company Antonio Barili3, maestro 3 Luigi Vita (Francesco) Michele Rapetti , leader of the orchestra, Natale Perelli (Jacopo) first violinist Teresa Rainieri (Luzcrezia) Sanquirico and Patti, impresarios Luigi Battalini (Loredano) 1libretto at New York Public Library, Li­ Frederico Badiali (Barbarigo) brary and Museum for the Performing Arts, Theodolinda Gerli (Pisana) Lincoln Center, US-NYp (lt.-Eng.) Vicente Locatelli (Servant) 2husband of Caterina Barili, father Giuseppe Piamontesi 2 (Attendant) of Adelina, Amalia, Carlotta, and Carlo , cond., first violinist Patti; step-father of Clotilda, Antonio, , leader of the orchestra, Niccolo (Nicola), and Ettore Barili. See also first contrabassist U.S. premiere of (New York, 11ibretto at US-NYp (Eng.) 1848) 2 3 aiso sang in U.S. premiere of Nabucco see also U.S. premiere of Nabucco (New York, 1848) <4tater, husband of Teresa Truffi 4. April 4, 1848, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco, 2. April lS, 1847, Emani (Venice, 1844). , 1842). New York, Astor Place Opera New York, Park Theater. Marty's Havana House Italian Opera Company1 Giuseppe Federico de! Bosco Beneventano Natale Perelli 2 () 2 (Nabucco) Luigi Vita (Carlo) Francesco Bailini (lsmaele) Fortunata Tedesco3 (Elvira) 2 Teresa Truffi I-Benedetti) (Abigaille) Theodolinda Gerli (Giovanna) Settimo Rossi (Zaccaria) Pietro Novelli (Silva) Amalia Patti 1 (Fenena) Frederico Badiali4 (Riccardo) 3 Lorenzo Biondi (Gran Sacerdote) Pietro Candi (Jago) Giuseppe Piamontesi (Abdallo) Luigi Arditi s, cond., first violinist 6 [Antonio Barili, maestro?) Giovanni Bottesini , leader of the orches- Avogadro2 (Anna) tra, first contrabassist Michele Rapetti, leader of the orchestra, 1cast taken from for performance of first violinist Ernani, Boston, April 23, 1847; copy at 1Jater married the impresario Maurice Stra­ US-NYp (Eng.). Same principals listed for kosch. For Strakosch, see also Aida performance of Ernani, Philadelphia, July 2also sang in the U.S. premieres of 14, 1847 and Trovatore 1also performed U.S. premiere of Due Fos­ cari (Boston, 1847) 3 S. January 24, 1850, Jerusalem (, 1847). also performed U.S. premiere of Attila New Orleans, Theatre d'Orl~ns (New York, 18SO) Duluc (Gaston) 4ienor; brother of Cesare Badiali, Corradi [-Setti] I (Comte de Toulouse) who sang in U.S. premiere of Macbeth (New Bessin (Roger) York, 1850). See also U.S. premiere of Due Foscari Rosa Devri~s (Hel~ne) 5 Galinier (lsaure) conducted w.p. of Verdi's Inno de/le Na- Adhemar (Chaffary)

16 Coletti (Walter} Un herault (Graat) P. Neri Beraldi1 {Rodolfo) Eugene Prevost, cond. Valerie Gomez (Luisa) I am grateful to Mr. Jack Belsom, Archivist Martini-d'Ormy (Federica) of the New Orleans Opera Association and MOiler (Wurm) to Grace A. Fitzgerald of the Louisiana State Francesco Graziani2 {Miller) University library, for providing the corrected , cond. date and cast. Program including libretto at 1husband of Antonietta Fricci,_ who sang US-NOlsu Eboli in the first Italian performances of 1also sang Ezio in U.S. premiere of Attila {London, June 1, 1867, and (New York, 1850) , Oct. 27, 1867) 2for whom Verdi wrote the part of Carlo in 6. April 15, 1850, Attila (Venice, 1846). New the original version of Fof'1.ll (St Petersburg, York, Niblo's Garden. Marty's Havana 1862); also sang Posa in the first Italian Italian Opera Company performance of Don Carlo {London, 1867) 1 (Attila) Corradi-Setti (Ezio) 9. February 19, 1855, Rigoletto (Venice, Fortunata Tedesco (Odabella) 1851). New York, Academy of Music 2 Domenico Lorini (Foresto) Biagio Bolcioni {Duca) L. Martinelli (Uldino) Ettore Barill 1 (Rigoletto) Pietro Candi (Leone) Bertucca-Maretzek2 (Gilda) Luigi Arditi, cond., first violinist Luigi Rocco (Sparafucile) Giovanni Bottesini, leader of the orchestra, Amalia Patti-Strakosch (Maddalena) first contrabassist Avogadro {Giovanna) 1the for whom Verdi wrote the parts Coletti (Monterone) (w.p. Milan, 1839), Attila and Miiller3 (Marullo) Silva's "lnfin che un brando vin­ Louis Quinto4 [Quint) (Borsa) dice" in Ernani Act I Leonardi [Leonardo] (Ceprano) 2also sang in U.S. premieres of Macbeth and Barattini (Contessa di Ceprano) Fof'1.ll Max Maretzek, cond. , impresario 7. April 24, 1850, Macbeth (Florence, 1847). I half-brother to , who called New York, Niblo's Garden. Marty's Havana him her first and most important teacher Italian Opera Company 2married to Max Maretzek, the conductor Cesare Badiali (Macbeth) who also conducted the U.S. premieres of [Filippo?] Coletti [Colletti] 1 (Banco) Trovatore, Traviata, Masnadieri, and Don Angiolino Bosio (Lady Macbeth) Carlos. He was impresario for U.S. pre­ Domenico Lorini (Macduff) miere of Aro/do and Fof'1.ll {original ver­ Barattini (Malcolm) sion), and probably for works he conduc­ Luigi Arditi, cond., first violinist ted as well. Giovanni Bottesini, leader of the orchestra, 3aJso sang in U.S. premieres of Trovatore, first contrabassist Yepres, Aro/do, and premiere in Italian of 1possibly the baritone for whom Verdi wrote the parts of Gusmano in Alr.ira (Naples, 4aJso sang in U.S. premieres of Trovatore 1845), Francesco in Masnadieri (London, and Yepres 1847), and Germont in the revised Traviata (Venice, 1854). He also sang in the U.S. pre­ 10. May 2, 1855, II trovatore (Rome, 1853). mieres of Luisa Miller in Italian, Rigoletto, New York, Academy of Music and Ba/lo. Allessandro Amodio I {Luna) Balbina Steffanone {Leonora) 8(a). October 27, 1852, Louisa Miller (Na­ Felicita Vestvali (Azucena) ples, 1849). Philadelphia, Walnut Street Pasquale [Pasqualino] Brignoli2 (Manrico) Theater; in English translation Luigi Rocco (Ferrando) Ph. Rohr (Count Walter) Louis Quinto (Ruiz) Caroline Richings (Luisa) Avogadro {Ines} Emeline Reed (Federica) Muller (an old gypsy) Thomas McKeon (Wurm) Max Maretzek, cond. Peter Richings (Miller) •also sang in U.S. premiere of Traviata Thomas Bishop (Rodolpho) 2aJso sang in U.S. premieres of Traviata, John Edwin McDonough {A Peasant) npres, and Ba/lo W. P. Cunnington, cond. 11. December 3, 1856, (Venice, {b) July 20, 1854, Luisa Miller. First perfor­ 1853). New York, Academy of Music mance in Italian. New York, Castle Garden Anna [de] la Grange (Violetta)

l7 Pasquale Brignoli {AUredo) 2also sang in U.S. premiere of Forza, origi- Allessandro Amodio {Gennont) nal version Gasparoni {Barone Douphol) Siedenburg {Flora) 16{a). February 24, 1865, Laforr.a de/ destino Max Maretzek, cond. (first version, St. Petersburg, 1862). New York, Academy of Music 12. November 7, 1859, I Vesprl Siciliani {Paris, 1855). New York, Academy of Augustino Susini {Marchese and Padre Music; in Italian translation Guardiano) Carlotta Carozzi-Zucchi (Leonora) Gaetano Nicola Ferri 1 {Monforte) Domenico Bellini (Carlo) Pasquale Brignoli {Arrigo) Bernardo Massimiliani (Alvaro) Marcel Junca2 (J>rocida) Kate Duckworth Morensi (Preziosilla) Pauline Colsonl {Elena) Debreuil {Melitone) also in cast: Morra, MUiler, Louis Quinto, Domenico Lorini (Trabucco) Rubio, Crouza, Panfi Carl Bergmann, cond. Emanuele Muzio4, cond. Max Maretzek, impresario , impresario •baritone who sang Egberto in w.p. of 16{b). November 18, 1918, La forza del des­ Aro/do {Rimini, 1857) and Nabucco in the tino (revised version, Milan, 1869). New second season of that work in Milan {sum­ York, House mer, 1842). Also sang in U.S. premiere of Louis d'Angelo1 (Marchese) Ba/lo Rosa Ponselle I (Leonora) 2sang the Padre Guardiano in the premiere Giuseppe de Luca I (Carlo) of the revised Forr.a {Milan, 1869) (Alvaro) ldebut. Alice Gentle {Preziosilla) 4pupil and close friend of Verdi. Also con­ Jose Mardones {Padre Guardiano) ducted U.S. premieres of Ba/lo and Aida Thomas Chalmers (Melitone) Marie Mattfeld (Curra) 13. May 31, 1860, I munadieri {London, Paolo Ananian (Mayor) 1847). New York, Winter Garden Giordano Paltrinieri (Trabucco) Olivieri {Amalia) Vincenzo Reschiglian {Surgeon) Mirandola {Massimiliano) Gennaro Papi2, cond. Rossi Guerra {Carlo) Giulio Gatti-Casazza, 3 impresario Luisia {Francesco) A page of the original program with cast Max Maretzek, cond. reproduced in Opera News 29 {Feb 6, 1965) •a1so sang in U.S. premiere of Don Carlos 14. February II, 1861, Un hallo In maschera revised version; debuts {Rome, 1859). New York, Academy of Music 2also conducted U.S. premiere of Brignoli {Riccardo) Carlos, revised version Gaetano Nicola Ferri {Renato) 3see also U.S. premiere of Don Carlos, Adelaide Phillips {Ulrica) revised version Isabella Hinckley (Oscar) Pauline Colson (Amelia) 17. November 26, 1873, Aida (Cairo, 1871). Coletti (Samuel) New York, Academy of Music. The Stra­ Dubreuil 1 (fom) kosch Italian Opera Emanuele Muzio, cond. Ostava [Ottavia] Torriani (Aida) •also sang in U.S. premiere of Forza, origi­ (Amneris) nal version 1 (Radames) Victor Maurel2 (Amonasro) 15. May 4, 1863, (Rimini, 1857). Giovanni Nannetti (Ramfis) New York, Academy of Music I Giovanni Scolara (King) Francesco Mazzoleni (Aroldo) Boy (Messenger) Cortolani-Brignoli (Mina) Emanuele Muzio, cond. Domenico Bellini2 {Egberto) Max and Maurice Strakosch, impresarios . MOiler (Briano) A page of the original program with cast Rubio (Godrino) reproduced in Opera News 31{Feb25, 1967) Alexandre B. Reichardt {Enrico) 1see U.S. premiere of Fischer [?Johanna Ficher?] {Elena) 2 J. Nuno, Cond. for whom Verdi wrote Boccanegra in the Max Maretzek, impresario revised version (Milan, 1881), Iago and ; also sang in the chorus of w.p. · •cast derived from playbill for May 15 at of Don Carlos {Paris, 1867) while still a US-NYp student at the Conservatoire (to be continued)

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