Benjamin Lumley in Her Majesty's Theatre - 18 July, 1850
from Reminiscences of the Opera, pages 287-8:
It must not be supposed that the great prima donna of the season had been merged below the surface in this inundation of unexpected novelty. The "Tempesta" was still to be found "upon the bills," and on the night of the 18th of July, Madame Rossi Sontag appeared for the first time in the "Figlia del Reggimento." Perhaps during her whole career at Her Majesty's Theatre, since her … more >>
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Benjamin Lumley, Reminiscences of the Opera (London, 1864), p. 287-8. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438784652063 accessed: 9 October, 2024
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La Figlia de Reggimento
written by Gaetano Donizetti |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 18 July, 1850 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:24:18 +0100
Approved on Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:14:41 +0000