Theater playbill for "La Traviata" at the Boston Theatre, October 5, 1858

Boston Theatre. Italian Opera. M. Strakosch has the honor to announce that he will give a short season of four Italian operas, at the Boston Theatre, with his unprecedented Italian Opera Company. Operas to be performed. "Traviata," "Lucrezia Borgia," "Figlia del Reggimento," and "Trovatore". The first opera night, Tuesday, Oct. 5th, debut of Mme. Pauline Colson, and only night of Verdi's Grand opera, in 3 acts, of "La Traviata, the Lost One" Mme. Pauline Colson as Violetta ... conductors M. Strakosch and Signor Nicolau ...