Lady Sydney Morgan in Rome - early 19th Century

from Italy Volume 2, page 236:

The opera at Rome was tolerably supported. David was the hero, and the beautiful Dardanelli the prima donna. The one piece played during our stay was the Othello of Rossini, its popularity requiring no change; but, had the passive Romans been inclined to demand any, and murmured their disapprobation, the independence even of musical criticism would have been rewarded with the cavaletto, whose discipline …   more >>

cite as

Lady Sydney Morgan, Italy Volume 2, volume 2 (London, 1821), p. 236. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1516536455088 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Rome

Listeners

Lady Sydney Morgan
Novelist
17??-1859

Listening to

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'Othello'
written by Rossini

Experience Information

Date/Time early 19th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:07:35 +0000
Approved on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:14:16 +0000