François Gérard et al. in Paris - 11 July, 1818, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 11 July 1818, page 168:
In the evening to Girard’s, where I found Grassini and her sister singing, accompanied by Paer. Grassini is aged, but still looks wonderfully well preserved. Her sister is not even pretty, but has a fine contralto voice, which will make her fortune at the Italian theatres.
cite as
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 11 July 1818. In Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Theresa Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 3 (London, 1865), p. 168. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542300128209 accessed: 30 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| vocal music | performed by Grassini's sister, Giuseppina Grassini, Ferdinando Paer |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 11 July, 1818, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:42:08 +0000
Approved on Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:03:56 +0000