Fourth Earl of Orford in Haymarket Theatre, London - late March, 1791
from Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 31 March 1791, pages 399–400:
There is no peace between the Opera Theatres; the Haymarket rather triumphs. They have opened twice, taking money in an evasive manner, pretending themselves concerts; the singers are in their own clothes, the dancers dressed, and no recitative—a sort of opera in déshabillé.
cite as
Horace Walpole, Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 31 March 1791. In Mrs. Paget Toynbee (ed.), The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, volume 14 (Oxford, 1905), p. 399–400. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535021838186 accessed: 19 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Unspecified opera |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | late March, 1791 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:57:19 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:29:10 +0100