Mary Berry in Rome - 27 February, 1821, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 27 February 1821, page 289:
In the evening to the Princess Volconsky’s, who gave the opera ‘Des Horaces,’ she herself taking the part of the Curiace wonderfully well, in singing, expression, and grace. Madame Renaudin, as Sabine, good for the music, but not for the acting.
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 27 February 1821. In Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Theresa Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 3 (London, 1865), p. 289. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542978414621 accessed: 2 February, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Des Horaces | performed by Madame Renaudin, Princess Volconsky |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 27 February, 1821, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Princess Volconsky, who performed in this opera, could have been Princess Zinaida Aleksandrovna Volkonskaya (1792–1862), wife of Prince Nikita Volkonsky, and a writer, poet, singer, composer, salon hostess and lady-in-waiting.