Word: aida
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...three bold youths applied to the proper authority, and were promised a role in the Saturday matinee. In "Faust" they had a grand chance to display their military training. On Monday "Il Trovatore" found five already in the secret. But the triumph was reserved for Friday night, when "Aida" brought them out twenty strong. With what pride did the standard-bearers look upon the rowing men, who were selected to bring in the victorious Radames; and in the vocal line, who can think of the stirring chorus, "Gloria all' Egitto e ad Iside!" without remembering that the volume was increased...
...been hoped that Wagner's "Lohengrin" would be brought out, with Mine. Nilsson in the part of Elsa; but that is reserved for New York, and the only novelty of the season was the "Aida" of Verdi, a work which stands on a far higher level than any of his others, and which may be considered as the best new opera we have had since "L'Africaine," if not since "Faust." The principal characters - those of Aida, Amneris, and Radames - were sustained by Mile. Torriani, Miss Cary, and Sig. Campanini, before an audience that made up in enthusiasm what...
...public is all the time crying out against the ridiculously expensive star system, and yet does all it can to encourage it by going only on nights when the star sings. Half a house at "Aida," and a house and a half at "Faust"! Who can complain if the operatic manager continues to pay $1, 500 a night as long as he can squeeze that sum out of the long-suffering and long-eared public...