Strakosch Italian Opera: Farewell Gala Matinee

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
Emanuele Muzio

Price: $2

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1874, Matinee

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Guglielmo Lotti;  Gustavus F. Hall;  Annie Louise Cary (role: Siebel);  Mme. [mezzo-soprano] Cooney (role: Martha);  Marie Heilbron (role: Violetta, Dinorah);  [tenor] Benfratelli (role: Alfredo, Pollione, Faust);  Vittoria Potentini (role: Norma);  [bass] Fiorini (role: Oroveso, Mephistopholes);  Bianca Donadio (role: Marguerite);  Alberto de Bassini
2)
Traviata, La, act 1
Composer(s): Verdi
3)
Norma, act 1
Composer(s): Bellini
4)
Pardon de Ploërmel, Le, act 2
aka Pardon de Ploermel, Le, act 2
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
5)
Faust, act 3
Composer(s): Gounod

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 November 1874, 11.
2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 24 November 1874, 6.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 29 November 1874, 6.

“…Its novel feature is one act from ‘Norma,’ which much-neglected opera many persons will, doubtless, be glad to hear, though but one act is part of the programme, and though Mme. Potentini is rather remote from the ideal, and not even very near to the conventional Druidess…”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 29 November 1874, 5.

“…It is difficult to find in such a variety of works given at a single representation the care and finish that characterizes a performance of an entire opera. Yet there were many commendable points, especially in the singing and acting of Mlle. Heilbron, who has proved herself throughout this season as a conscientious artiste.”