Gustavus III et al. in Rome - 29 December, 1783, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 29 December 1783, page 65:
In the evening, the Opera Aliberti. Theatre much ornamented, and cleaner than most Italian theatres; the scenery excellent. Had I not before known that no women are admitted upon the stage in Rome, I should not perhaps have found it out; the men who act there are so well dressed, and made up with red and white, and are so much less awkward than might be expected; the danseuses detestable. King of Sweden sat above half an hour in our box.
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 29 December 1783. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 1 (London, 1865), p. 65. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541501613578 accessed: 22 January, 2025
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Date/Time | 29 December, 1783, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |