[Met Performance] CID:1110



La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, November 10, 1883 Matinee





La Traviata (2)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta
Marcella Sembrich

Alfredo
Victor Capoul

Germont
Giuseppe Del Puente

Flora
Emily Lablache

Gastone
Vincenzo Fornaris

Baron Douphol
Achille Augier

Marquis D'Obigny
Baldassare Corsini

Dr. Grenvil
Ludovico Contini

Annina
Imogene Forti

Giuseppe
Giuseppe Barberis

Dance
Malvina Cavalazzi


Conductor
Auguste Vianesi







Review 1:

Review in The New York Times:

The new Opera House was fairly filled yesterday by' the announcement of the repetition of "La Traviata," in which Mme. Sembrich had made the second, if not the first, of her American successes with the rest of the excellent cast with which the opera was given before - M. Capoul as Alfredo, Signor Del Puente as Germont, and Lablache accepting the subordinate part of Flora. Mme. Sembrich's Violetta it would be idle to discuss over again. In the first act her vocalism seemed to be marked by a metallic and rather hard brilliancy of tone; but she softened as she warmed to the passion of the second act and the pathos of the third, and wrought up the enthusiasm of the audience as she went on. At the close of the finale of the second act she was three times recalled, and received an elaborate and gorgeous "floral tribute." The tenor too acquired force as he went on, and, after exhibiting in the first act his repertory of vocal and histrionic tricks, sang and acted in the following scenes with a genuine force and fervor that won the audience. Del Puente was the accomplished and painstaking artist that he always is. The chorus either was or seemed weaker than usual, but the orchestral accompaniment was perfection. The placing of the orchestra in the place arranged for it by the architect of the opera house, which was done as an experiment in "Lohengrin," has thus far been retained.



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