Identifier: grandoperainamer00lahe (find matches)
Title: Grand opera in America
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Lahee, Henry Charles, 1856-1953
Subjects: Opera
Publisher: Boston : L. C. Page
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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iata,and the second LAfricaine. On theWednesday afternoon Albani appeared asAmina in La Sonnambula, and in the 184 Grand Opera in America. evening William Tell was given withMierzwinski, Galassi, and Dotti. On theThursday evening Rossinis Semiramide,in which Patti and Scalchi were the attrac-tions, and on Friday Wagners FlyingDutchman was produced with Ravelli, Ga-lassi, and Albani. Saturday matinee, DonGiovanni, with Patti, Dotti, and Fursch-Madi; and Saturday evening Lohengrin,with Mierzwinski, Galassi, Monti, Scalchi,and Albani. Henry Abbey secured the contract for thefourth festival. At the time Maplesons sea-son should have taken place Cincinnati wassuffering from a flood. The city was in totaldarkness and no trains could reach their des-tination. Under the circumstances Maplesonand his artists gave a performance at Chicagofor the benefit of the sufferers, and sentabout $6,000 to the Mayor of Cincinnati. Hethen made a diversion toward Minneapolis,where he gave three performances0
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MADAME ALBANI. Italian Opera. 185 Let us return to the tour of 1880. Maple-son mentions, as an incident connected withMadame Gersters immense success, the factthat after a matinee performance, which wasgiven in Boston during a snow-storm, no lessthan one hundred ladies odd rubber over-shoes were picked up on the family circlestairway. They had been lost in the rush.This incident verifies all that has been writtenor said concerning the grim determination ofthe Boston matinee girl. Another interesting feature of this tourwas that the competition between Maplesonand Abbey was inaugurated, and eventually itwas carried to a point which meant ruin forboth. Madame Patti was in New York on aspeculation of her own, after an absence oftwenty-two years. She was giving concerts,but the prices asked by her manager fortickets were so high that the public refusedto be tempted, and Patti decided to try someother manager. Mapleson sent her a bou- 186 Grand Opera in America, quet, which cost him $150,

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