William Beatty-Kingston in Berlin - the 1860's

from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 61:

Again, when [Frau] Mallinger made her appearance on the stage [of the Berlin Hofoper], she would be saluted with a storm of hisses and whistlings by a packed house of [Frau Pauline] Lucca enthusiasts, every man Jack of whom was so fired by the conviction that his idol was the most fascinating, soul-subduing songstress and actress in creation that he found himself unable to tolerate the presence of any other prima donna upon the Hofoper boards

cite as

William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 61. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445190223763 accessed: 18 April, 2024

location of experience: Berlin

Listeners

William Beatty-Kingston
journalist, Librettist, memoirist, Translation
1837-1900

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1860's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:43:43 +0100
Approved on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:09:51 +0000