Benjamin Lumley in Her Majesty's Theatre - 10 April, 1847
from Reminiscences of the Opera, page 180:
The theatre reopened, as has been stated, on Saturday, the 10th of April. A new opera and a new soprano singer were both forthcoming on the occasion. The opera, given for the first time in this country, the "Due Foscari," of Verdi, and the singer, Madame Montenegro, a Spanish lady of good family, with a clear soprano voice of some compass, and an attractive person, pleased, without exciting any marked sensation. Coletti, in the character of the Doge, one of his most famous parts, was, by general accord, pronounced to be an admirable, not to say a great artist; whilst Fraschini, by his energy and power, contributed to the effect of the ensemble. The first appearance of Lucille Grahn, on the same occasion, added to the eclat of a brilliant reopening.
<< lessBenjamin Lumley, Reminiscences of the Opera (London, 1864), p. 180. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438687949932 accessed: 13 October, 2024
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I Due Foscari
written by Giuseppe Verdi |
performed by Filippo Coletti, Gaetano Fraschini, Madame Montenegro |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 10 April, 1847 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |