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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1910

Page

9

Brilliant Opera Night Delights Boston Audiences

First night of opera charms Boston with dazzling jewel display and stylish society figures. Sibiriakoff earns roaring applause while Carmen Melis debuts. Lydia Lipkowska stuns in a gold train and Russian headpiece. Governor Draper’s family attends as social circles mingle. Encores banned. late arrivals kept out until prologue ends.

Mefistofele Opens Boston Opera House Season With Sibiriakoff

The second season of opera at the Boston Opera House opens with Boito's Mefistofele. Leon Sibiriakoff debuts as Mefistofele to strong praise for his voice, presence, and interpretation. The production is described as one of the most pretentious and successful from last season, with a standout Walpurgis Night and a vivid Marguerite in Boito's vision. The ensemble is praised, while other debutants Carmen Melis and Robert Lassalie are noted for their appearances, and Marguerite’s fate and crucial garden and Tempe scenes receive emphasis. The article lists numerous box holders and orchestra-seat patrons for the opening week.

Boston Andre Caplet Europe Sibiriakoff Carmen Melis Oscar Iammerstein Boston Opera Company Boston Opera House Boito Mefistofele Leon Sibiriakoff Faust Robert l Lassalle Marguerite Frances Alda Helen of Troy Martha and Pantalis Maria Claessens Wagner C. Stroesco Nereo Ernesto Giaccone Arnold Conti Regis Gounod Berlioz Schumann Goethe Liszt Noth Heaven Meyerbeer Aust Helen Vale of Tempe Tosca Thais Melis Alda Arturo Toscanini Mme. Claessens Stroesco Conti Miss Lipkowska Mr. Baklanoff

Box Holders at the Opera House 1910 11 season list

A Boston Opera House notice lists Monday box holders for 1910 11 with box numbers and patrons addresses. Notables include Mrs H N Slater Hyde Park Theodore N Vail 1 Milk, L Cartaret Fenno Quincy Shaw 288 Beacon, Miss Susan Thayer Eugene V Thayer 353 Commonwealth, Oliver Ames 96 Ames Building.

Charles S. Bird Walpole Robert G. Shaw Commonwealth Avenue Henry S. Hunnewell Milk Street Mary B. Brandegee C. B. Wood Shawmut Bank A. Lawrence Rotch William H. Ames B. P. Cheney Marlboro Street Andrew C. Wheelwright Lincoln Eben S. Draper Beacon Street N. L. Amster Devonshire Street Charles R. Hayden Fannie M. Faulkner Reed Anthony State Street Frank E. Peabody John Longyear Brookline A. L. Allen Kingsbury Street Chestnut Hill Andrew Adie Federal Street K. W. Converse Franklin Street R. M. Saltonstall Edwin S. Webster Larz Anderson Converse Westwood J. H. Burgess Dedham Philip Wrenn George P. Rice Richard D. Sears William O. Blake Temple Place Lester Leland James J. Storrow George R. Fearing Congress Street Bayard Thayer Bryce J. Allan Eben D. Jordan Herbert M. Sears Nathaniel Thayer Henry D. Burnham Charles Hayden William Hewson Baltzell Wellesley Francis Peabody Devonshire Building Chester W. Lasell Whitinsville Mass Walter ©. Baylies Richard M. Saltonstall William Lincoln Parker Dartmouth Street Thomas W. Lawson Charles G. Weld Bay State Road Frederick Ayer Oliver Building Fanny P. Mason Robert S. Bradley William B. Walker Arthur E. Davis Dover Robert B. Evans Gloucester Street Gloucester William C. Endicott Winthrop Sargent John Lawrence Horatio A. Lamb Milton Frederick FE. Snow Charles H. Taylor Boston Globe Alex R. I Francis G. Shaw R. G. Shaw Care Fy E. Snow William M. Wood Fairfield Street Frederick S. Whitwell Grant Walker J. Brooks Fenno Kilby Street Walter D. Denegre Manchester John Chipman Gray Gray Samuel Cabot F. Gordon Dexter William H. Hill George G. Davis Stephen H. Bennett Boston Opera House H. N. Slater Hyde Park J. A. Garland William J. Wright F. C. Curtis John L. Gardner Fenway Court Theodore N. Vail William Lindsey William Lindsey. Box No. 8—L. Cartaret Fenno Quincy A. Shaw William A. Ames North Easton Susan Thayer Eugene V. R. Thayer Mary Ames Frederick L. Ames George A. Gardner Galen J. Stone Stanley McCormick Oliver Ames Ames Building

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Lydia Lipkowska Fair Sex New York Chicago Philadelphia Wiliam Guard Manhatan Opera Company Mr. Catti-Gassara Thomas Quinlan London Imprespario George Maxwell House of Records Milan Russell Ee Enry Dadmun Review OF Opera Bass BY Olin Downes Sibirlakoff William H. Wood A. C. King E. R. Andrews Frank Dutcher Hopedale OPERA Ur F. Edwards Robert J. Endicott William Fr. Kustis Mary Endicott Greene Francis B. Grazier Alice G. Grew Iasigi, Mro Oscar Newton Nickerson, W. FE. O O'Connell James P Leon Siibiriakoff Arsaldo Conti BY &. Dupont Brown Atherton Batchelder J. de Blake J. A Blackmar Helen R Burrage Alice W Baker EF M. Barney Chas E Blake Arthur W Byrnes Timothy E. Barrett Boles Richard FP. Beebe George R Bennett Frank H Burgess Theodore P Cc Mer Quincy H. P Whitemore Charles Wyman Henry A Weeks Wyman Wales Nathaniel B Winsor Anna G Williams Moses Winslow Winthrop Wallace I Wilbur Eo Watters White Hebert Kant Walker Iname OR. W. S. Rice Main St Adams, N. Y New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad New Haven Shore Line South Station Back Bay City Ticket Office Cor. Court Washington Sts South and Grip Ness W. A. Hawkins Jordan Marsh Company Chas. H. Fletcher California Los Angeles Chicago & North Western Union Pacific Salt Lake BUULD Chicago & North Western Ry Washington St Union Pacific Ticket Office
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