Richard Edgcumbe in Teatro de Fiorentini, Naples - at the end of 1784
from Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey., pages 39-40:
At the Theatre dei Fiorentini, where comic operas were acted, the first woman was Coltellini, most justly the favourite of the Neapolitans; for she was very pretty, a most excellent actress, and though no great singer, so adapted herself to their taste by singing popular airs in their barbarous jargon, that faceva furore. […] Coltellini never quitted Naples but once, on an engagement to Vienna; but neither there, nor at several places where she performed on her journey, did she meet with equal success. She was nevertheless an enchanting performer.
Richard Edgcumbe, Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey. (London, 1834), p. 39-40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446053342205 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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hide composersUnknown comic opera | performed by Coltellini |
Experience Information
Date/Time | at the end of 1784 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |