Fanny Janauschek Farewell Benefit

“FANNY JANAUSCHEK’S FAREWELL BENEFIT, when she will appear in the following FOUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERS: LADY MILLFORD, in the second act of Schiller’s LOVE AND INTRIGUE; PRINCESS EBOLI, in the second act of Schiller’s DON CARLOS; COUNTESS ORSINA, in the fourth act of Lessing’s EMILIA GALOTTI; THE ACTRESS, in Elzholz’s Dramatic Task, COME HERE, which is presented by particular request. The music will, on this occasion, be by THEO. THOMAS’ FULL ORCHESTRA, under his personal direction.”

“Either Miss Janauschek is loth to leave us, or her numerous admirers are loth to let her depart. Perhaps both causes conspire to make her linger. She will once more appear at the Academy of Music—this evening. The occasion is that of her farewell benefit. The programme arranged for it is singularly attractive. [Lists characters Janauschek will play.] Several phases of her gifted mind may be observed in these representations, while her skill and methods in acting may be studied in them all. To make the evening still more interesting, Mr. Theodore Thomas’s full orchestra will furnish the incidental music, which, we may be sure, will be at once appropriate and well executed.”

Long and positive review; no mention of music. “Her [Januschek’s] voice is rich, full and musical, and she understands the beauty and power of language.”