Richard Edgcumbe in England - at the end of the 1780's
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., page 55:
This ancient music was particularly suited to Rubinelli, and was familiar to Mara, both of whom sung it incomparably well. Nothing could be finer than the delivery of the famous recitative Alma del gran Pompeo by the former. But in the inferior parts it was miserably executed, and the effect was absolutely ludicrous.
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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. 55. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446638321422 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Madame Mara, Rubinelli |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | at the end of the 1780's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:58:41 +0000
Approved on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:14:34 +0100