Mary Berry in Paris - 16 March, 1802, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 16 March 1802, page 137:
In the evening went to the Opera; in a box au premier, containing six places, for which we paid the enormous price of 57 livres. […]
This theatre, built in the Rue Richelieu, is new and handsome. It has three rows of boxes, and some near the stage, for the people of the theatre. The ornaments are all in pale browns, and bronze, and gold, not very gay. The lustre or circle of Argand lamps by which it is lighted, in perfect taste. The pieces given were … more >>
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 16 March 1802. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 2 (London, 1865), p. 137. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541692342503 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Télémaque
written by Jean-François Le Sueur |
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Anacréon chez Polycrate
written by Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry |
performed by François Lays |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 16 March, 1802, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Although Mary Berry does not mention composer's names, they can be deduced from the context. François Lays was renowned for his performance of Anacreon in Grétry's opera, whilst the Le Sueur work remained in the Paris repertoire from 1796 until 1802.