Louis Spohr in Hamburg - November, 1810
from Louis Spohr's Autobiography, page 153:
At length after much entreaty, I obtained Schröder’s consent that I should make a trial of it with another singer, who hitherto had played only in secondary characters, and practise her in the role refused by Madame Becker. In this singer, a Madame Lichtenheld, I found great willingness and natural capacity, and when I had simplified the most difficult bravura passages of the part to her powers of execution, I succeeded well with her. Thus at length the rehearsals could be commenced, and when Schröder had heard one, and had become convinced that Madame Lichtenheld would fill the part … more >>
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Louis Spohr, and Frederick Freedman and Longman Roberts & Green London 1865 (ed.), Louis Spohr's Autobiography, volume 1 (1969), p. 153. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1416178576683 accessed: 8 September, 2024
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‘Zweikampf mit der Geleibten’
written by Louis Spohr |
performed by Johann Simon Hermstedt, Prell, Bernhard Romberg |
Experience Information
Date/Time | November, 1810 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Spohr’s opinions on the performance of his opera ‘Zweikampf mit der Geleibten’ in rehearsal, November 1810 in Hamburg.
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:56:17 +0000
Approved on Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:08:15 +0000