Reminiscences of Michael Kelly

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The "Orazj," or, "Gli Orazj ed i Curiazj," was got up for Grassini with all care 
and attention: the music (the finest serious opera Cimarosa ever produced) was 
delightful, and drew crowded houses to the King's Theatre, as it did at Venice, 
where it had been originally produced. In my opinion, the acting of Grassini in 
this opera was almost as fine as Mrs. Siddons" : higher praise she could not 
wish for ; the passage, where she exclaimed, "O, Orazio, mio bene," leaning over 
her dead husband, was positively heart-rending. 

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