Wilhelm Ganz in Covent Garden - 14 May, 1853
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 25:
I well remember the premiere of Verdi's Rigoletto on May 14th, 1853. The caste was very brilliant. Angiolina Bosio was an exquisite Gilda, and Mario, in his most mellifluous mood, brought down the house with La donna e mobile. As Rigoletto, Ronconi realised all the tragic pathos of the part. The basso Tagliafico was Sperafucile, and the charming Madame Nantier Didiee Maddalena. She had studied the part with me. The great quartette in the last act was encored.
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Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 25. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435929264418 accessed: 21 December, 2024
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Rigoletto
written by Guiseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi |
performed by Angolino Bosio, Giorgio Ronconi, Giovanni Matteo Mario |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 14 May, 1853 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:14:24 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:41:00 +0000