Peter Hawker in London, England - 7 May, 1835
from Journal entry, 7 May 1835, page 72:
The best performed opera I ever saw. We were taken to the box of Grisi, whose acting surpassed even Pasta. The opera was ‘Otello,’ and her Desdemona was perfect. Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache, and Ivanhof were never greater than this night; nor did I ever hear the orchestra go to such true perfection. I seldom notice town spectacles, but this was one in a thousand.
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Peter Hawker, Journal entry, 7 May 1835. In The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802–1853, volume 2 (London, 1893), p. 72. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1534261409435 accessed: 9 October, 2024
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Otello
written by Gioachino Rossini? |
performed by Nicola Ivanoff, Antonio Tamburini, Giovanni Battista Rubini, Giulia Grisi, Luigi Lablache |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 7 May, 1835 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:43:30 +0100
Approved on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:46:19 +0100