Ignatz Moscheles in London - 22 June, 1829
from Recent Music and Musicians, page 153:
One of the choicest entertainments this season was the dramatised representation of Handel's 'Acis and Galatea', performed at Bochsa's conceit; the music allotted to the chief characters was admirably sung by Miss Paton and Braham; Zuccheli, with a gigantic eye in the middle of his forehead, was a very good Polyphemus. [...] What else had we? Next in order after Handel's music, the Grave-scene from 'Romeo and Giulietta,' exquisitely sung in Italian, by Sontag and Malibran, and for a finale, that German trifle the 'Pastoral Symphony'.
cite as
Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 153. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429622450340 accessed: 15 January, 2025
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Acis and Galatea
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by John Braham, Miss Paton, Zuccheli |
Pastoral Symphony
written by Beethoven |
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Romeo and Giulietta | performed by Sontag, Maria Malibran |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 22 June, 1829 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:20:50 +0100