Wilhelm Ganz in Venice - December, 1892
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 254:
I then took a gondola on the Grand Canal
and passed the house where Wagner lived and
died, and saw the Bridge of Sighs and the other
wonderful sights of the city. In the evening I
went to the Teatro Rossini and heard Boito's
fine opera, Mefistofele. It was being given as a
farewell performance to Signer Tamburini, who
had quite an ovation, being called and recalled
many times, and was not only presented with a
great many bouquets, but with a small statue
of himself. In the last act the audience in the
gallery joined Tamburlini in his singing, and
altogether it was a … more >>
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Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 254. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436437534836 accessed: 15 October, 2024
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Mefistofele
written by Arrigo Boito |
performed by Antonio Tamburini |
Experience Information
Date/Time | December, 1892 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:25:35 +0100
Approved on Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:52:48 +0000