Strakosch Italian Opera: Farewell Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Manager / Director:
Max Strakosch

Conductor(s):
S. Behrens

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Strakosch Italian Opera Company;  Guglielmo Lotti;  Gustavus F. Hall;  Marie Heilbron;  [tenor] Benfratelli;  Vittoria Potentini;  [bass] Fiorini;  Bianca Donadio;  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, 26 November 1874, 7.

Company’s last appearance in New York.

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 28 November 1874, 6.

There is also a brief announcement on page 1.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 30 November 1874, 10.

“…The house was crowded and Mlle. Heilbron, Signora Potentini and Mlle. Donadio, who took part in the performance, were vehemently applauded.”