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Boston Opera Company
Ponchielli’s "La Gioconda" with Nordica in the title role
and Homer as La Cieca.[1]
During its six seasons the BOC presented a wide array
of works, including two contemporary operas by Boston
composer Frederick Converse: The Pipe of Desire and The
Sacrifice. Although the company was admired for its artis-
tic excellence (largely due to the fine conducting by Felix
Weingartner), the organization was plagued with finan-
cial worries after the initial backing by Jordan ended. Th-
ese monetary problems eventually forced the company
to declare bankruptcy on May 11, 1915.[1]
Notable singers
The 1909 Boston Opera House, circa 1913. • Georges • Mary • Vanni • Marguerite • M
Baklanoff Garden Marcoux Namara Sh
The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was an American • Marguerite • Maria Gay • José • Alice • Le
opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts that Bériza • Louise Mardones Nielsen Sib
was active from 1909 to 1915.[1] • Edmond Homer • Edith • Lillian • M
Clément • Georgette Mason Nordica Sy
History • Florencio
Constantino
Leblanc
• Lydia
• Nellie
Melba
• Evelyn
Parnell
• Lu
Te
The company was founded in 1908 by Bostonian million- • Diamond Lipkowska • Carmen • Antonio • M
aire Eben Dyer Jordan, Jr. and impresario Henry Russell. Donner • Pavel Melis Pini-Corsi Te
Jordan, an opera enthusiast and amateur singer, was the • Eduardo Ludikar • Jane • Giovanni • Gi
heir to a department store fortune and provided the Ferrari- Morgan Polese Ze
company’s financial backing for its first three seasons. He Fontana (I) • Evelyn
also provided the funds necessary to complete the Bos- • Lucien Scotney
ton Opera House, as the theatre’s construction had been Muratore
halted for some years due to lack of finances.[1]
Russell had worked as a talent manager and opera di-
rector in Europe and from 1906-1909 his touring opera References
company, the San Carlo Opera Company (SCOC), had been [1] ^ Quaintance Eaton (1965). The Boston Opera
based in Boston when not on the road. The SCOC was ba- Company. http://books.google.com/
sically the artistic seed for the new Boston Opera Com- books?id=SLUxAAAAMAAJ&q. "Several companies
pany as many artists working for this touring company, industriously plied the road, titillating a number of
such as Alice Nielsen, Lillian Nordica, Florencio Constan- cities with spectacle and song; and the new Boston
tino, and Louise Homer, became a part of the Boston Opera Company regaled the Hub with eighty-eight
Opera Company. The company’s first performance was presentations, as well as adding forty- seven in a
given for the opening of the Boston Opera House on mid-season ..."
November 8, 1909. The company presented Amilcare
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