excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 414 (91 words)

excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 414 (91 words)

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Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900

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The only important novelty was Frederic Cowen's “Harold” a four-act dramatic opera, composed to a weak libretto by Sir Edward Malet, and, mirabile dictu, sung in English before a Covent Garden audience in mid-season! The fine music of this work deserved more enduring success. The cast comprised Mme. Albani, Miss Meisslinger, Philip Brozel, David Bispham, and Richard Green ; but, unluckily, there was a lack of distinction (and distinctness) about the general rendering that was scarcely calculated to engender in aristocratic auditors any particular love of opera in the vernacular.

The only important novelty was Frederic Cowen's “Harold” a four-act dramatic opera, composed to a weak libretto by Sir Edward Malet, and, mirabile dictu, sung in English before a Covent Garden audience in mid-season! The fine music of this work deserved more enduring success. The cast comprised Mme. Albani, Miss Meisslinger, Philip Brozel, David Bispham, and Richard Green ; but, unluckily, there was a lack of distinction (and distinctness) about the general rendering that was scarcely calculated to engender in aristocratic auditors any particular love of opera in the vernacular.

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