Michael Kelly in Vienna - late 18th Century
from Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, pages 233-234:
Storace had an opera put into rehearsal, the subject his own choice, Shakspeare's Comedy of Errors. It was made operatical, and adapted for the Italian, by Da Ponte, with great ingenuity. He retained all the main incidents and characters of our immortal bard ; it became the rage, and well it might, for the music of Storace was beyond description beautiful. I performed Antiphohis of Ephesus, and a Signor Calvasi, Antipholus of Syracuse, we were both of the same height, and strove to render our persons as like each other as we could.
cite as
Michael Kelly, Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, volume 1 (London, 1826), p. 233-234. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430753605807 accessed: 4 March, 2025
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Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors
written by Stephen Storace |
performed by Michael Kelly, Signor Calvasi |
Experience Information
Date/Time | late 18th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Mon, 04 May 2015 16:33:25 +0100
Approved on Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:41:31 +0000