Omai in London - 14 December, 1775
from Journal of Frances Burney, 14 December 1775, page 65:
To our great surprise, who, late in the Evening, should Enter, but Omiah!... We asked if he had been to the Opera?
He immediately began a squeak, by way of imitation, which was very ridiculous; however, he told us he thought the music was very fine; which, when he first heard it, he thought detestable.
cite as
Frances Burney, Journal of Frances Burney, 14 December 1775. In Frances Burney, and Peter Sabor and Lars E. Troide (ed.), Journals and Letters (London, 2001), p. 65. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1396021682491 accessed: 18 September, 2024
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Experience Information
Date/Time | December, 1775 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Baglet on Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:48:02 +0000