[Met Performance] CID:6950



Fidelio
Ballet Divertissement
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, December 31, 1888




Fidelio (20)
Ludwig van Beethoven | Joseph Sonnleithner
Leonore
Fanny Moran-Olden

Florestan
Karl Moran [Last performance]

Don Pizarro
Joseph Beck

Rocco
Emil Fischer

Marzelline
Katherine Senger-Bettaque

Jaquino
Wilhelm Sedlmayer

Don Fernando
Alois Grienauer

First Prisoner
William Cook

Second Prisoner
Jean Doré


Conductor
Anton Seidl


Ballet Divertissement






Invitation to the Dance {2}


Dance...................Etiènne Vergé
Dance...................Miss Louie
Dance...................Josefine Ambroggio


French Minuet and Galop {2}


Hermesschwingen Waltz {2}


Dance...................Etiènne Vergé
Dance...................Miss Louie
Dance...................Josefine Ambroggio
Dance...................Etiènne Vergé
Dance...................Miss Louie
Dance...................Josefine Ambroggio


Conductor...............Anton Seidl

Review 1:

Review in The New York Times:

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

Since the invasion of Italian opera at the Metropolitan the management has been enjoying something like those experiences which Col. Mapleson narrates with such gusto in his memoirs. The difference, however, is that the frequent changes at the Metropolitan Opera House are caused by physical, not financial, sickness. Last evening Meyerbeer's "Prophet" was to have been given, but Herr Perotti's continued indisposition compelled Director Stanton once more to change the programme, and "Fidelio" was given. Under the circumstances Mr. Stanton certainly deserves the kindest consideration. It is early in the season and but few operas have been rehearsed by the company. The field of choice in case of emergency is, therefore, extremely narrow, especially when it is remembered that Herr Alvary is also sick, which precludes the possibility of repeating "Siegfried" or "Lohengrin."

If last night's presentation of Beethoven's opera was not what it should have been, it certainly was impossible to do better with the available singers. Frau Moran-Olden's Leonora is the most interesting impersonation which she has revealed to this public. She acts and sings the part with a great deal of dramatic intensity, and her rendering of the famous "Abscheulicher" was strong and effective last evening. Herr Fischer was again Rocco. Herr Sedlmayer Jacquino, Herr Beck Pizarro, and Fräulein Senger-Bettaque, Marcellina. Herr Moran, husband of Fran Moran-Olden, sang the rôle of Florestan at short notice.



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