Article on the future of Maretzek’s opera company

Part of announcement for 04/15/63 evening performance of I due Foscari.

            “The departure of Madame Medori is a great contretemps, no doubt; but we hope Maretzek will prove equal to the increased demand upon his managerial ability. He must give us a succession of lighter operas. We must have the ‘Sonnambula,’ ‘The Child of the Regiment,’ ‘Linda,’ and other such works, which he has artists at his disposal to render most delightfully. We shall miss Mme. Medori’s great talent, but will be consoled to know that next season she comes back to us. We are assured that her engagement for next season is a fait accompli.

            Maretzek must, of course, secure for next season her fitting compeer—Mazzoleni—whose extraordinary success here is so well merited. What a combination it would be could we secure for next winter Brignoli—New York’s favorite for so many years—the tenore di grazia whom New York admires above all others, and who will always have a host of friends here, and Mazzoleni also, who is certainly as greatly successful in New York as a tenore robusto. With such a combination, what a triumphant operatic season might we not have next winter.”