Hermann Klein - 6 March, 1886

from Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900, pages 184-5:

The fortunes of Italian opera were now at their lowest ebb. The season of 1885 had been almost wholly barren, and that of 1886 was little better. Incapacity and indifference reached their climax with the disgraceful and humiliating scene that occurred at Her Majesty's Theatre on the night of March 6, 1886. Some unknown person, evidently without experience as a manager, had there started a season of …   more >>

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Hermann Klein, Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900 (New York City, 1903), p. 184-5. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438264301777 accessed: 29 March, 2024

Listeners

Hermann Klein
Music Critic, Singing Teacher, Writer
1856-1934

Listening to

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Faust
written by Charles Gounod

Experience Information

Date/Time 6 March, 1886
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:51:42 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:32:31 +0100