Strakosch Italian Opera: Mignon: Farewell Nilsson Matinee

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Emanuele Muzio

Price: $2 general admission; $1 extra reserved seats all parts

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1873, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Mignon
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Barbier, Carré
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Christine Nilsson (role: Mignon);  Annie Louise Cary (role: Federico);  Victor Capoul (role: Guglielmo);  Romano Nannetti (role: Lothario);  Ostava Torriani (role: Philine)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 December 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 December 1873, 2.
3)
Review: New York Post, 08 December 1873, 2.

“The farewell matinée of ‘Mignon,’ at the Academy of Music, was attended by a very large audience, and Madame Nilsson, with the others in the cast, was applauded with that cordiality which is so dear to the heart of the artist.”