[Met Performance] CID:1410



La Gioconda
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 22, 1883 Matinee





La Gioconda (2)
Amilcare Ponchielli | Arrigo Boito
La Gioconda
Christine Nilsson

Enzo
Roberto Stagno

Laura
Emmy Fursch-Madi

Barnaba
Giuseppe Del Puente

Alvise
Franco Novara

La Cieca
Sofia Scalchi

Zuàne
Achille Augier

Isèpo
Amadeo Grazzi

Steersman
Giuseppe Barberis

Singer
Ludovico Contini

Dance
Malvina Cavalazzi


Conductor
Auguste Vianesi







Review 1:

Review and account in The New York Times:

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

The final matinee of Mr. Abbey's opera season at the Metropolitan Opera House was given yesterday afternoon, when Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" was given for the second time in this country. The performance was naturally better than that of the first night, and the opera was presented with much excellence throughout. Mme. Nilsson, Mme. Scalchi, and Mme. Fursch-Madi repeated their successful work, and the other singers showed the good results of the training acquired in the first performance. This evening the usual concert will be given. The pleasure with which Rossini's "Stabat Mater" was heard last Sunday evening has caused it to be set down for repetition. The singers will be Mmes. Valleria and Scalchi, Signor Campanini, and Signor Novara. A miscellaneous concert will follow, in which Mmes. Scalchi and Fursch-Madi, Signor Kaschmann, Signor Vergara and M. Capoul will sing, and the orchestra will play the "Dance of the Hours" from "La Gioconda." Tomorrow evening the last performance of the company previous to their departure for Boston will occur. The opera will be "Rigoletto," with Mme. Sembrich as Gilda, Mme. Scalchi as Madalena, Signor Stagno as Il Duca, Signor Novara as Sparafucile, and Signer Del Puente in the title role. The twenty-ninth and thirtieth nights of the subscription will be given on Wednesday, Jan. 9, and Friday, Jan. 11, after the return of the company from Boston.



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