Richard Edgcumbe in England - early 19th Century
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 115-6:
Both [Madame Mara and Mrs. Billington] were excellent musicians, thoroughly skilled in their profession; both had voices of uncommon sweetness and agility, particularly suited to the bravura style, and executed to perfection, and with good taste, every thing they sung. But neither was an Italian, and consequently both were deficient in recitative […]
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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. 115-6. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446809771688 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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hide composersVarious | performed by Madame Mara, Mrs. Billington |
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Date/Time | early 19th Century |
Medium | live |
Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:36:11 +0000
Approved on Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:29:30 +0000