Benjamin Lumley in Her Majesty's Theatre - 1842
from Reminiscences of the Opera, pages 44-5:
Immediately following upon Madame Frezzolini, however, came a decided failure in the person of Madame Ronconi, for whose debut "Torquato Tasso" was produced. Unfortunately, Signor Ronconi (as rumour said, and for once, it may be affirmed, with singular correctness) was not allowed, by "Caudle" treaty, to play this great character with any other prima donna than his sposa. … more >>
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Benjamin Lumley, Reminiscences of the Opera (London, 1864), p. 44-5. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438609640620 accessed: 11 October, 2024
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Torquato Tasso
written by Gaetano Donizetti |
performed by Elguerra Ronconi, Giorgio Ronconi |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1842 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:47:20 +0100
Approved on Sun, 24 Apr 2016 15:46:20 +0100