Strakosch Italian Opera: Mignon
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Manager / Director:
Maurice Strakosch
Max Strakosch
Conductor(s):
Max Maretzek
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
10 March 2024
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Mar 1872, 8:00 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants: Strakosch Italian Opera Company; Christine Nilsson (role: (Mignon)); [tenor] Lyall (role: (Laerte)); Marie Leon Duval (role: (Filina)); Victor Capoul (role: (Guglielmo)); Joseph Jamet (role: (Lotario)); E. [contralto] Ferretti (role: (Federico))
Citations
2)
“The Academy of Music was crowded to excess last night on occasion of the last performance of Ambroise Thomas’ ‘Mignon,’ the role of which was created in this city by Mlle. Nilsson. It seems as if immediately before the Swedish Nightingale closes her season the enthusiasm of the metropolitan public is on the increase, and certainly last night she and Capoul were the recipients of the highest honors ever paid to artists. Jamet made a thorough success as before in the character of Lothario, and the trio in the last act of the artists just named was a magnificent performance.”