Performances with New York's Metropolitan Opera Emma Albani

albani desdemona.

albani made debut new york s metropolitan opera on 20 november 1891 valentine in meyerbeer s les huguenots, performance took place while company on tour in chicago. second appearance in chicago on 23 november desdemona in company s first ever performance of verdi s otello, , sang role there @ gala performance of act 4 on 9 december. other appearances met in chicago included valentine, gilda in rigoletto, violetta in act 1 of verdi s la traviata (on double bill mascagni s cavalleria rusticana, in emma eames s sang santuzza) , elsa in wagner s lohengrin. first appearance company in new york gilda in rigoletto on 23 december.

further performances in new york included 4 appearances valentine (a role performed on tour in louisville, albany, brooklyn, philadelphia, , boston), 3 donna elvira in mozart s don giovanni, 3 eva in wagner s die meistersinger von nürnberg, 1 more gilda, 1 desdemona, 1 elsa, single appearance marguerite in gounod s faust. sang donna elvira , eva on tour in boston. final appearance met in new york on 31 march 1892, senta in flying dutchman. operas in appeared sung in italian. in total had performed 29 times company. season progressed critics remarked on wear , tear becoming evident in voice, praised artistry , experience. of last performance @ met new york times wrote: senta of mlle. albani not vocally perfect, yet had many excellences hearers must have been inclined forgive departures pitch seem have become inseparable accompaniment of singing of late. did atone them intelligence of work , dramatic earnestness imbued singing. earned fair share of honors of evening.