Benjamin Lumley - 1848
from Reminiscences of the Opera, page 221:
Jenny Lind appeared in the part which had first "taken the town by storm," — in the part of Alice, in "Roberto II Diavolo." But, although the public seemed to care for nothing but Jenny Lind, and although all the interest of the opera centred in the great favourite of the day, that same public appeared to resent the mutilation of Meyerbeer's great work: 1st, by the … more >>
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Benjamin Lumley, Reminiscences of the Opera (London, 1864), p. 221. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438765812082 accessed: 4 December, 2024
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Robert le Diable
written by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer |
performed by Domenico Labocetta, Giovanni Beletti, Jenny Lind |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1848 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:10:12 +0100
Approved on Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:37:08 +0100