Benjamin Lumley in Her Majesty's Theatre - 1845
from Reminiscences of the Opera, page 120:
Nay, upon the sudden announcement of an inopportune "indisposition" on the part of Madame Grisi, only a few minutes before the commencement of the opera, and actually after the doors were opened, she rendered good service to the management by undertaking the part of Norma at so short a notice. The audience assembled on the occasion testified its sense of her good will by an unexpected reception and lavish plaudits throughout the whole evening; and Madame Rossi Caccia, although not to be cited as a thoroughly successful artist, retired from the boards of Her Majesty's Theatre, after a performance honoured by sufficiently flattering applause.
<< lessBenjamin Lumley, Reminiscences of the Opera (London, 1864), p. 120. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438680354534 accessed: 10 October, 2024
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Norma
written by Vincenzo Bellini |
performed by Giovanna Rossi Caccia |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1845 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |