French Opera

Part of large paragraph of announcements for performances across the city; notes Tostee’s imminent departure.

“Fifth Avenue Theatre.—Mlle. Tostée last evening, as announced on the bills, took her farewell of the American stage, appearing in the two characters in which she has achieved her greatest successes here and with which she has become most popularly identified on this side of the water. The bill comprised of the second acts of the ‘Grand Duchess’ and ‘La Belle Helene,’ with nearly the original cast—Monsieur Aujac in the character of Fritz being the single exception—and the third act of ‘Barbe Bleue,’ with Mlle. Tostee as Boulotte—a role in which she is less familiar to our playgoers that either of the others, but in which, notwithstanding Irma’s triumphs, she has achieved flattering success. In each piece she was frequently encored, and at the fall of the curtain was brought to the front by most enthusiastic and sustained manifestations of applause and approval. The theatre was well filled, apparently with the most ardent admirers of her abilities as an actress, or with those who were anxious to give her at her departure from the American stage the warmest expressions of their appreciation of her efforts while among us to render opera bouffe as palatable and amusing as it was in the power of a talented actress to do. The departing favorite was very ably sustained throughout the performance, each and all being anxious, to the best her their ability, to make Mademoiselle’s valedictory a great success and a treat long to be remembered by those who had the good fortune to be present.”