Mary Delany in London - April, 1734

from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, page 462:

Last Tuesday I went to hear Cuzzoni sing: she sings as well as ever, but nothing now pleases me so well as Caristini.

cite as

Mary Granville, and Augusta Hall (ed.), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, volume 1 (London, 1861), p. 462. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444160098859 accessed: 8 November, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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operatic singing performed by Francesca Cuzzoni

Experience Information

Date/Time April, 1734
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public
Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Tue, 06 Oct 2015 20:34:58 +0100
Approved on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:47:36 +0000