Wilhelm Ganz in Covent Garden - 1862
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, pages 256-7:
He wrote
and brought out several English operas, one of
which was The Lily of Killarney, founded on
Dion Boucicault's Colleen Bawn, which was
produced at Covent Garden under the direction
of the Pyne and Harrison Company in 1862,
and had a great success, and is still " running."
Benedict had quite caught the spirit of Irish
music, and his opera is full of melody. Louisa
Pyne sang the Colleen Bawn, William Harrison,
Myles-na-Coppalean, and Santley, Danny Man.
One of the songs in the opera, " Eily Mavour-
neen," became a great favourite with tenors. I
was at the first … more >>
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Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 256-7. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436437856329 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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The Lily of Kilarney
written by Sir Julius Benedict |
performed by Louisa Pyne, William Harrison, Charles Santley |
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| Date/Time | 1862 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:30:56 +0100
Approved on Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:04:34 +0000