13th Baron of Dunsany et al. in Paris - 2 December, 1821

from Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, page 305:

Macleod dined with me, solus cum solo; and he and Lord Dunsany accompanied me to Madame Courtin’s benefit at the Opera: “Don Juan,” from the Italians, and “Psyche.” Bigottini beautiful in “L' Amour.”

cite as

Thomas Moore, and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 3 (London, 1853), p. 305. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1648641052109 accessed: 12 December, 2024

location of experience: Paris

Listeners

13th Baron of Dunsany
Military Officer, Politician
1773-1848
Thomas Moore
Poet, Singer, song writer
1779-1852

Listening to

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Don Juan
Psyche
L'Amour

Experience Information

Date/Time 2 December, 1821
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

It is not possible to identify the music precisely from Moore's account. Madame Courtin may have been a ballerina (as was Bigottini), in which case all of the works mentioned here could have been ballets.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:50:52 +0100
Approved on Tue, 17 May 2022 14:09:37 +0100