Countess Granville in London, England - 5 May, 1829
from Letter from Lady Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 6 May 1829, page 40:
Yesterday I went to the ‘Cenerentola.’ Sontag, thinner than anybody I ever saw, looking as if she had cried her eyes out, sang beautifully sometimes, sometimes false, which she never used. There is more effort, weaker in health.
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Henrietta Elizabeth [Harriet] Leveson Gower, Letter from Lady Granville to her brother, the Duke of Devonshire, 6 May 1829. In F. Leveson Gower (ed.), Letters of Harriet Countess Granville, 1810–1845, 3rd edition, volume 2 (London, 1894), p. 40. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1538643928219 accessed: 13 October, 2024
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La Cenerentola
written by Gioachino Rossini |
performed by Henriette Sontag |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 5 May, 1829 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Harriet Leveson-Gower's brother, William George Spencer Cavendish, was 6th Duke of Devonshire.
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:05:29 +0100
Approved on Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:15:51 +0100