Christoph Willibald Gluck in Paris - 15 November, 1777
from Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte., pages 49,50:
The fact is that the opera [Armide], which was said to be a failure, has earned 37,200 livres in seven performances, not including subscriptions or boxes rented by the year. Yesterday, at the eighth performance, they took in 5,767 livres. Never was there such a throng and such unbroken silence. The parterre was so closely packed that one man, when asked by the usher to remove his hat, replied: “You take is off, because I can’t move my arms.” This aroused laughter. / I saw people leaving with their hair disordered and their clothes as soaked as if they had fallen into a … more >>
Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte (ed.), Letters of composers : an anthology, 1603-1945 / compiled and edited by Gertrude Norman and Miriam Lubell Shrifte. (New York, 1979), p. 49,50. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424648566141 accessed: 6 December, 2024
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Opera Armide
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
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Date/Time | 15 November, 1777 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in public |
Notes
Letter from Christoph Willibald von Gluck to the Comtesse de Fries, Paris, November 16, 1777.