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Event title:

Rehearsal for forthcoming Žofín Academy concert (on 14/5/1857)

Venue: Žofín Island (Žofín Hall)

Parent Event:
Musical entertainment given by Sodoma's Sextet

Event type: Rehearsals and music trials

Date: 13/05/1857 4pm

Season: Summer

Keywords: Education - major institutions, Annual events and regular series, Festival and celebratory events, Genres - Secular choral music, Public performance events

Benefactor: Žofín Academy

Programme comprising:

General participants:

Žofín Academy: participating institution, vv, orch
Estates Theatre orchestra: participating orchestra, orch

SCHUMANN, Robert Alexander : oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri, solo vv, chorus, orch, op.50

Commentary:

News of this rehearsal was published by the Prague German-language newspaper Tagesbote aus Böhmen 9/5/1857, noting: ‘The Žofín Academy arranges with the pleasing participation of the Theatre Orchestra [German Estates Theatre] on Thursday 14th May this year at 4pm a great concert in the Hall of the Žofín Island for the nameday of Her Serene Highness the Archduchess Sophie, at which will be performed the beautiful work of Robert Schumann „das Paradies und die Peri“ from the poem of Lalla-Rookh by Thomas Moore in three parts. The rehearsals are scheduled to take place on the Žofín Island on Monday and Wednesday at 4pm.’

Summary of sources:

Tagesbote aus Böhmen (09/05/1857)