Strakosch Italian Opera: La traviata

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Maurice Strakosch
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek

Price: $2; $3 and 4, reserved seat; $1 family circle; $.50 extra, reserved seat; $5 box or front row of balcony

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Traviata, La
aka Fallen Woman
Composer(s): Verdi
Text Author: Piave
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  [tenor] Locatelli;  Ettore Barili;  Domenico Coletti;  J. [tenor] Reichardt;  Christine Nilsson (role: Violetta);  Armand Barré (role: Germont);  Mme. [mezzo-soprano] Cooney;  Victor Capoul (role: Alfredo)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 December 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New York Post, 28 December 1871, 2.

“Miss Nilsson gave another fine interpretation of Violetta last night, her best successes being in the concerted music of the second act, and in the Addio del passato of the third. Capoul sang with good taste, but a slip of memory in the duet Parigi o cara nearly upset the orchestra, and for a moment the audience shuddered with anxiety.“