Opening of Opera Season Thrills Boston Crowd
The Boston Opera Company's first night drew a brilliant audience with nearly full houses and lavish display. Madame Edvina led as Malellia with a strong cast including Alvarez and Ferrari-Fontana, while Manager Russell praised the performance despite occasional orchestra noise. A famed Japanese youth and local society figures mingled in the grand foyer as police managed traffic along Opera Place.
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Malellia
Margherita d’Alvarez
Carmela
Edoardo
Ferrari-Fontana
Gennaro
Boston Opera opens with Edvina Charms in Naples role
A Boston Opera Company opening reports Edvina Charmas as Malella in a well staged performance. Maranzoni conducts with an ensemble noted for vigor as Fontana delivers dramatic power and refined diction. Alvarez shows depth while Ancona's Raffaele disappoints vocally and theatrically.
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Maria Ancona
Raffaile
Roberto Maranzoni
Patrons in Parisian Style Fill Boston Opera House
A vast audience dressed in fashionable attire crowded the Boston Opera House for the season’s premiere. Debutantes were fewer, but married guests and sisters dominated the scene with sparkling gowns, elaborate jewels, and a lively entre-ache promenade. Notable boxes hosted families and dignitaries including Monks, Anthony, Gardner, and Foss, while a long guest list attended the after-s upper at the Lenox hotel.
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Mrs. Honore Murphy Dead in Roxbury
Mrs. Honore Murphy aged 70 lifelong Roxbury resident died last night at the home of her son in law Captain Thomas F. Goode Jr of the Back Bay police station from a long lung congestion. She leaves four daughters Mrs. Goode Mrs. Barry wife of Sergeant Henry Barry of the Lagrange street station Mrs. Collins wife of the former Boston baseball club manager and Miss Mary Murphy. Funeral services will be held Thanksgiving morning at Mission Church where she worshipped for most of her life.
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Falls 5 Feet Woman Dying At Hospital
Mrs Ellen Corrigan 71 widow dies after falling five feet from a window at 2 Hamilton Court to the yard below. Her son Edward, watching from the first floor, found and carried her indoors. Dr Peterson treated her. she suffered brain concussion and multiple injuries.
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Town treasurer of Rowe missing after hunting trip
Rowe clerk and treasurer Bradley C. Newell, 18, has vanished after leaving for a hunting trip to Maine in early October. He was reported missing in November and has not been heard from since his departure.
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