Lowell Mason in Leipzig - in the beginning of 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, page 50:
In the Concert Room, her songs were “Lascia ch’io pianga,” Rinaldo, by Handel; “Bel raggio lusinghier,” Semiramide, Rossini; and a scene, Recitative and Arie from Gluck’s Iphigenie in Tauride. We have already spoken of her as Marie; of other characters, we will only say, that Rosina and Martha are great favorites; and those persons who know what these are, will have a correct idea of the principal characteristics of her singing, and of the characters in which she stands pre-eminent — unapproachable. She was always greeted and recalled with the most … more >>
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 50. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448280297446 accessed: 7 September, 2024
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Lascia ch’io pianga
written by George Frideric Handel |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
Bel raggio lusinghier
written by Rossini |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
extract from Iphigenie in Tauride
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
Experience Information
Date/Time | in the beginning of 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |