F. H. Jenks

“ The vocalists of the troupe afterwards appeared in opera at the Academy of Music, New York. Subsequent enterprises in which Maurice was interested were as follows:—
1856, concert-troupe Sigismund Thalberg, Mmes. Parodi, Amalia Strakosch (wife of Maurice, née Patti) , Edward Mollenhauer, violinist. Bernhard Ullmann, Thalberg's business manager, was a partner in this enterprise, as well as in that of
1857, Italian opera—Mmes. de la Grange, d'Orme, Strakosch, d'Angri, Vestvali, Frezzolini, Sigs. Labocetta, Macaferri, Gassier, Carl Formes. ”

“ STRAKOSCH, Maurice and Max, brothers well known in the United States for a quarter of a century as entrepreneurs of operatic and concert ventures. Operatic enterprises in America have generally been undertaken by managers who have carried their troupes through the country, making sojourns in the leading cities of from one to four weeks, occasionally longer, accordingly as the patronage warranted.
Maurice Strakosch, the elder of the twain, organised, in 1855, a concert-troupe, including Mme. ”

“ Arabella Goddard, Miles, Beaumont, Carreno (whose reputation as a pianist was already great, and who now made her début as a vocalist) ; Sigs. Brignoli, Reina, Orlandini, Tagliapietra, Gottschalk (brother of the pianist) , Mr. Tom Karl. ”