Article on increaisng American support of music and drama

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Nov 1871

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Parepa-Rosa English Opera Company;  Christine Nilsson

Citations

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Article: New York Herald, 12 November 1871, 6.

New opportunities for Americans to show their attachment to good music; deficiencies of previous opera companies; managers’ past ignoring of the causes of public indifference; large and generous support given the Nilsson and Parepa-Rosa opera companies.

2)
Article: New York Herald, 21 November 1871, 7.

Encouragement offered managers by the success of this season to make still further efforts to improve the quality of their entertainments.

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Article: New York Herald, 23 November 1871, 6.

Success of the Nilsson opera season at the Academy of Music; advisement to management to also engage Clara Louise Kellogg and Theodore Wachtel for the spring season.