Thomas Moore in Rome - 27 October, 1819, at night
from Diary of Thomas Moore, 27 October 1819, page 47:
Went to the theatre in the evening: an opera of Rossini’s, “La Cappricciosa” (something) and “Il Turco in Italia,” and a piece of Goldoni’s afterwards; the comic singing not bad.
cite as
Thomas Moore, Diary of Thomas Moore, 27 October 1819. In Thomas Moore, and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 3 (London, 1853), p. 47. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1594994189556 accessed: 19 December, 2024
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Il Turco in Italia
written by Gioachino Rossini |
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an unspecified work
written by Carlo Goldoni (librettist) |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 27 October, 1819, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Rossini wrote no opera called 'La Capricciosa', but the subtitle of 'Il Turco in Italia' is 'La capricciosa corretta'.
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:56:29 +0100
Approved on Thu, 03 Sep 2020 08:02:06 +0100