Talk:Azora, the Daughter of Montezuma

Date of World Premiere

Without citing references, the article as it stood before I got my hands on it gave December 18, 1917 as the date of the world premiere in Chicago; according to the article history, Museslave added that information on March 20, 2006. The New York Times review of January 28, 1918, however, although not a model of clarity on the point, seems to indicate that the Chicago premiere took place on December 26, followed by one more performance on an unspecified date. The Virtual Gramophone (Canadian Library and Archives) entry on Forrest Lamont, the tenor who created Xalca, likewise cites the December 26 date. On the strength of two known sources vs. no reference, I changed the article to show Dec. 26, but I can't escape a nagging suspicion that the premiere could have been on the 18th and the second performance on the 26th. If Museslave (or anybody else) has more reliable authority, I'd certainly encourage further revision. Drhoehl (talk) 02:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting date of the world premiere. December 26th is the correct date. Since I wrote the article, I've gotten a hold of a dissertation on Hadley which discusses these things in depth. Museslave (talk) 07:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible Fourth Performance?

The same January 28, 1918 Times article refers to plans for another single performance in Boston in the month following the New York premiere: "It is due for at least a fourth hearing when the singers proceed next month to Boston...." In favor of that proposition, Boston was the librettist's home town. On the other hand, I have found nothing indicating that performance ever actually took place, and one source, far too sketchy to contribute to the text, in passing describes the opera as having had only three performances, presumably the two in Chicago and the one in New York, which would suggest that the projected Boston performance in fact did not occur. I therefore have made no reference to Boston in the text, but, again, I would strongly urge anyone who has better access to pertinent resources than I do to check into the matter and add an appropriate paragraph if warranted. Drhoehl (talk) 02:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I found this paragraph in the Canfield dissertation:

"Further performances of Azora were given that season by the Chicago Opera Association in Chicago, New York, Boston, and St. Louis; but after those performances Azora was not produced in its entirety again."Museslave (talk) 07:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)