Harriett St John-Mildmay et al. in Paris - between 8 July, 1822 and 9 July, 1822
from Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, page 361:
8th. […] [W]ent to see an act of “Ferdinand Cortez” at the Opera. Found a note on my return from Lady Mildmay, saying that the “Tancredi” is to be to-morrow, and reminding me that I was to dine and go with them.
9th. Not the “Tancredi,” but resolved to go. Dined with the Mildmays: opera, “Romeo.” They may talk of the profanation of turning Shakspeare’s [sic] stories into operas, but Pasta’s Romeo and Desdemona are to me as touching as the poet’s.
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Thomas Moore, and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 3 (London, 1853), p. 361. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1651140947208 accessed: 2 December, 2024
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Fernando Cortez
written by Gaspare Spontini |
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Giulietta e Romeo
written by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli |
performed by Giuditta Pasta |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 8 July, 1822 and 9 July, 1822 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:15:47 +0100
Approved on Thu, 19 May 2022 17:36:57 +0100