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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 Dor?
- Conductor
- Anton Seidl
Ballet Divertissement
Invitation to the Dance {2}
Dance...................Eti?nne Verg?
Dance...................Miss Louie
Dance...................Josefine Ambroggio
French Minuet and Galop {2}
Hermesschwingen Waltz {2}
Dance...................Eti?nne Verg?
Dance...................Miss Louie
Dance...................Josefine Ambroggio
Dance...................Eti?nne Verg?
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 Fr?ulein Senger-Bettaque, Marcellina. Herr Moran, husband of Fran Moran-Olden, sang the r?le of Florestan at short notice.
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Met careers
- Anton Seidl [Conductor]
- Fanny Moran-Olden [Leonore]
- Karl Moran [Florestan]
- Joseph Beck [Don Pizarro]
- Emil Fischer [Rocco]
- Katherine Senger-Bettaque [Marzelline]
- Wilhelm Sedlmayer [Jaquino]
- Alois Grienauer [Don Fernando]
- William Cook [First Prisoner]
- Jean Dor? [Second Prisoner]
- Eti?nne Verg? [Dance]
- Miss Louie [Dance]
- Josefine Ambroggio [Dance]