Sophie Augustine Leo in Rue de Richelieu - between at the end of 1817 and in the beginning of 1818
from Musical Life in Paris (1817-1848): A Chapter from the Memoirs of Sophie Augustine Leo--Part I, page 262:
Immeasurable as was my admiration for Gluck, I was really distressed by the affected style in which those divine works, Armida, Alcestis, and the two Iphigenias, were offered us by the old company; one enjoyed and suffered at the same moment. All was distortion, and an awkward mob of extras in soiled classic costume, their heads wreathed in roses, their faces rough and bearded, their reddened fists protruding from their coarsely woven sleeves, made an impression as distasteful as it was ridiculous. Remembering then that it was the beautiful sorceress Armida who, seeking the … more >>
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W. Oliver Strunk and Sophie Augustine Leo, Musical Life in Paris (1817-1848): A Chapter from the Memoirs of Sophie Augustine Leo--Part I. In The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr., 1931), volume Vol. 17, No. 2 (April, 1931), p. 262. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1424772504560 accessed: 3 November, 2024
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Alceste
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
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Iphigenie en Tauride
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
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Armida
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
performed by Mme. Branchu |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between at the end of 1817 and in the beginning of 1818 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:08:24 +0000