Mary Berry in Rome - 1 January, 1784

from Diary of Mary Berry, 1 January 1784, page 67:

Dined at the Senator’s: a large party. After coffee, Santé[*] played and sang some of the airs out of his own Olympiade with wonderful expression and taste.

cite as

Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 1 January 1784. 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. 67. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541503174665 accessed: 22 January, 2025

location of experience: Rome

Listeners

Mary Berry
Author, literary hostess, Playwright
1763-1852

Listening to

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Olympiade
written by Santé [Giuseppe Sarti?]
performed by Santé [Giuseppe Sarti?]

Experience Information

Date/Time 1 January, 1784
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Notes

*It is likely that Mary Berry misheard the composer's name. Giuseppe Sarti's second setting of Metastasio's libretto 'Olimpiade' had been performed in Rome during 1783.

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:19:35 +0000
Approved on Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:08:39 +0000