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The Academy of Music was a theater and opera house
Opera house

An opera house is a theater building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building....
 located at East 14th Street
14th Street (Manhattan)

14th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street rivals the size of some of the well-known avenues of the city and is an important business location....
 and Irving Place in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The Academy was built in 1854 and seated approximately 1,500 people. It was rebuilt in 1866 after being destroyed by fire.

The Academy has been described as “the first successful dedicated opera house in the United States" The first opera season was 1854 from October through December. An Italian troupe was engaged by US actor James Henry Hackett
James Henry Hackett

James Henry Hackett , was a renowned actor.Hackett entered Columbia College of Columbia University in 1815 but withdrew. He then studied law privately....
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The Academy of Music was a theater and opera house
Opera house

An opera house is a theater building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building....
 located at East 14th Street
14th Street (Manhattan)

14th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street rivals the size of some of the well-known avenues of the city and is an important business location....
 and Irving Place in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The Academy was built in 1854 and seated approximately 1,500 people. It was rebuilt in 1866 after being destroyed by fire.

The Academy has been described as “the first successful dedicated opera house in the United States" The first opera season was 1854 from October through December. An Italian troupe was engaged by US actor James Henry Hackett
James Henry Hackett

James Henry Hackett , was a renowned actor.Hackett entered Columbia College of Columbia University in 1815 but withdrew. He then studied law privately....
. The repertoire for the first season was ambitious and included Semiramide and The Barber of Seville by Rossini; la Favorita, Norma, and la Sonnambula by Bellini
Bellini

Bellini may refer to:...
; and Don Pasquale, Lucrezia Borgia and Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti. From its inception, the Academy of Music not only presented opera and theater, but also served as a meeting and exposition hall for a wide variety of functions, including political rallies, charity balls, receptions, science & industry fairs, etc. In 1888 it began to include vaudeville. From January 28 to March 1901, a revival of Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitch

Clyde Fitch was an United States dramatist.Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas....
's play Barbara Frietchie
Barbara Frietchie (play)

"Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl" is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Barbara Frietchie" ....
 appeared there.

The venue was rented by labor organizations in the early 1900s and used to stage rallies. It was demolished in 1926 and a Con Edison building was constructed on the site.

A second Academy of Music, located across 14th Street and designed by Thomas W. Lamb
Thomas W. Lamb

Thomas White Lamb was one of the foremost United States theater and movie theater architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is noted for designing New York City Ziegfeld Theatre, as well as Madison Square Garden....
, was opened in 1927 as a movie theater
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
. It served as a venue for rock concert
Rock concert

The term rock concert refers to a musical performance in the style of any one of many genres inspired by "rock and roll" music. While a variety of vocal and instrumental styles can constitute a rock concert, this phenomenon is typically characterized by band playing at least one electric guitar, an electric bass guitar, and Drum kit....
s in the 1970s, and in 1985 became the Palladium
Palladium (music venue)

The Palladium was a concert hall and later a nightclub in New York City. It was located on the south side of East 14th Street, between Irving Place and 3rd Avenue....
 nightclub.

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