Countess Granville in Paris - 13 September, 1831
from Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 17 September 1831, page 109:
I am much better; went to the Opera on Tuesday, and saw ‘Anna Bolena.’ Rubini, perfect, enchanting. Pasta, older, thicker, her voice as well as figure, but always very admirable.
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Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 17 September 1831. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, 3rd edition, volume 2 (London, 1894), p. 109. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1538647203967 accessed: 17 May, 2024
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Anna Bolena
written by Gaetano Donizetti |
performed by Giovanni Battista Rubini, Giuditta Pasta |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 13 September, 1831 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Harriet Leveson Gower's sister, Georgiana Dorothy Howard, was titled Lady Morpeth until September 1825, after which she was titled Lady Carlisle.
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:00:04 +0100
Approved on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:37:36 +0100