Documenting Teresa Carreno

Liceo de la Habana (April 27, 1863)

Carreño gave her third concert in Havana at el Liceo de la Habana.

Tags: 1863, Cuba - Havana, Liceo de la Habana

Hotel Inglaterra (March 29, 1863)

Prior to her first public concert, Carreño gave a private concert at the Hotel Inglaterra to a group of distinguished guests. Her first public appearance took place immediately after Holy Week on April 8, 1863.

Tags: 1863, Cuba - Havana, Hotel Inglaterra, private concert

Private Concert (March 26, 1863)

On March 25, 1863 Carreño arrived in Havana, Cuba with her parents. The following day she gave a private concert in the Cerro district of Havana. She performed works by Chopin and her several of her own (unidentified) compositions.

Tags: 1863, Cuba - Havana, el Cerro, private concert

Perkins Institution for the Blind (January 29, 1863)

Carreño was invited to give a recital at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston, MA. She performed several works, including Variations on "Home, Sweet Home" (Sigismond Thalberg).

Tags: 1863, Massachusetts - Boston, Perkins Institution for the Blind, Sigismond Thalberg, Variations on "Home! Sweet Home!" op. 72

City Hall (January 23, 1863)

Carreño gave a recital at City Hall in Cambridge, MA. She performed works by Chopin, Goria, Herz, Mendelssohn, and Thalberg. Tickets cost $0.50. Tickets for children, under 10 years of age, cost $0.25. Concert began at 7:30 pm.

Tags: 1863, Alexandre Édouard Goria, Capriccio Brillante op. 22, City Hall (Portland), Felix Mendelssohn, Fryderyk Chopin, Massachusetts - Cambridge, Sigismond Thalberg

City Hall (February 2, 1863)

Carreño appeared at City Hall in Cambridge, MA. She performed the works of Gottschalk, Rosellen, Prudent, Godefroid, Thalberg, and Beethoven, as well as one of her own compositions. Tickets cost $0.50 or $0.25 for students. Concert began at 7 pm.…

Tags: 1863, Capriccio Brillante op. 22, City Hall (Cambridge), Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Massachusetts - Cambridge, Piano Sonata no. 8 op. 13

John Eliot School (January 27, 1863)

At the invitation of Dr. Mason, Carreño gave a concert for approximately 600 school children at the John Eliot School.

Tags: 1863, Eliot School, Massachusetts - Boston

Roger Williams Hall (December 28, 1863)

Carreño performed at Roger Williams Hall in Providence, RI.

Tags: 1863, Rhode Island - Providence, Roger Williams Hall

Boston Music Hall (December 26, 1863)

Carreño was scheduled to give a Second Grand Concert at the Boston Music Hall with several artists, including Miss J. E. Houston, Mr. Lyman W. Wheeler, and Mr. H. Daum. This concert was cancelled due to an injury she sustained to one of her fingers.…

Tags: 1863, Boston Music Hall, H. Daum, J. E. Houston, Lyman W. Wheeler

Boston Music Hall (December 22, 1863)

Carreño performed in a Tenth Birthday Concert (with B.J. Lang who introduced the newly acquired organ) in Boston's Music Hall. She performed Marche de Nuit (Gottschalk, Louis M.), Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S.434 (Liszt, Franz), Grand…

Tags: 1863, B. J. Lang, Boston Music Hall, Franz Liszt, Grand Caprice on "La Sonnambula" op. 46, La Emilia Danza, Louis M. Gottschalk, Marche de Nuit, Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto S.434, Sigismond Thalberg, Teresa Carreño, Une larme Impromptu op. 5

Boston Music Hall [?] (December 18, 1863)

Carreño gave a matinee concert in Boston to representatives of the press and invited guests.

Tags: 1863, Massachusetts - Boston, matinee

White House Concert (October, 1863)

Carreño received an invitation from President Lincoln to perform at the White House. According to an interview she gave in 1911, she performed Marche de Nuit, Last Hope, Dying Poet (Gottschalk, Louis M.), and Listen to the Mocking Bird (Winner,…

Tags: 1863, Dying Poet, Last Hope op. 16, Listen to the Mocking Bird, Louis M. Gottschalk, Marche de Nuit, President Lincoln, private concert, Septimus Winner, Washington D.C.

Liceo Ártistico y Literario (April 29, 1863)

Carreño gave one performance in Matanzas, Cuba.

Tags: 1863, Cuba - Matanzas, Liceo Ártistico y Literario

Teatro Tacón (April 12, 1863)

Carreño appeared in Havana at the Teatro Tacón. According to biographer, Marta Milinowski, she performed Nocturne in E-flat major (Chopin, Fryderyk), Fantasia (4-hd) (Pixis, Johann Peter), Jota de los Toreros (Yradier, Sebastian) with her father, and…

Tags: 1863, Cuba - Havana, Émile Prudent, Fantasia, Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" op. 8, Fryderyk Chopin, Johann Peter Pixis, Jota de los Toreros, Nocturne in E-flat, Sebastian Yradier, Teatro Tacón

Liceo de la Habana (April 8, 1863)

Carreño made her debut at el Liceo de la Habana. She performed a Nocturne (Döhler, Theodor), Capriccio Brillante, op. 22 (Mendelssohn, Felix) accompanied by a quintet, and The Last Hope, op. 16 (Gottschalk, Louis M.), her own Saludo a Cuba and…

Tags: 1863, Alexandre Édouard Goria, Capriccio Brillante op. 22, Cuba - Havana, Fantasia on "Il Trovatore" op. 77, Felix Mendelssohn, Liceo de la Habana, Louis M. Gottschalk, Nocturne, Saludo a Cuba, Theodor Döhler

Boston Music Hall (January 30, 1863)

Carreño performed a farewell concert at Boston Music Hall with soloists: Addie S. Ryan, vocalist; Mr. August Suck, violinist; Mr. Baumbach, accompanist. Orchestra was conducted by Carl Zerrahn and the concert was under the management of George…

Tags: 1863, Addie S. Ryan, August Suck, Boston Music Hall, Capriccio Brillante op. 22, Carl Zerrahn, Concert Program, Felix Mendelssohn, George Danskin, L'Addio valse, Ludwig van Beethoven, Massachusetts - Boston, Mr. Baumbach, Piano Sonata no. 8 op. 13

Chickering Hall (January 28, 1863)

Carreño performed for a private audience at Chickering Hall.

Tags: 1863, Chickering Hall (Boston), Massachusetts - Boston, private concert

Boston Music Hall (January 24, 1863)

Carreño gave a gala matinee concert for the children of Boston at the request of the mayor, F. W. Lincoln, Jr. She performed Nuits d'Espagne, op. 40, E minor (Godefroid, Félix), Last Hope (Gottschalk, Louis M.), Variations on "Home! Sweet Home!,"…

Tags: 1863, Carl Zerrahn, Celia Ford née Houston, F. W. Lincoln Jr., Family concert, Félix Godefroid, George Danskin, Last Hope op. 16, Louis M. Gottschalk, Massachusetts - Boston, matinee, Nuits d'Espagne op. 40, Philharmonic Society of Boston, Sigismond Thalberg, Star Spangled Banner, Variations on "Home! Sweet Home!" op. 72

Boston Music Hall (January 24, 1863)

Carreño performed Capriccio Brillant, op. 22 (Mendelssohn, Felix), Fantasia on Verdi's "I due Foscari" (Rossellen, Henri), and Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," op. 8 (Prudent, Émile) in the Second Philharmonic Concert with conductor…

Tags: 1863, Capriccio Brillante op. 22, Carl Zerrahn, Émile Prudent, Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" op. 8, Fantasia on Verdi's "I due Foscari", Felix Mendelssohn, Henri Rossellen, Massachusetts - Boston, Philharmonic Society of Boston

Lyceum Hall (January 20, 1863)

Carreño gave a concert in Salem at Lyceum Hall, which was a repeat of her recital given in Boston on Jan. 13, 1863. She performed works by Mendelssohn, Thalberg, Chopin, Goria, Döhler, and Herz. Tickets cost $0.50.

Tags: 1863, Alexandre Édouard Goria, Felix Mendelssohn, Fryderyk Chopin, Henri Herz, Lyceum Hall, Massachusetts - Salem, Sigismond Thalberg, Theodor Döhler

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