The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on the Spot", Volumes 1-3Richard Bentley, 1840 - Theater |
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... Opera in this country , will come under the reader's attention . It was an entertainment which , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the year 1833 , had become extremely popular ; and , in ...
... Opera in this country , will come under the reader's attention . It was an entertainment which , by the admirable manner in which it was sustained in Drury Lane Theatre , in the year 1833 , had become extremely popular ; and , in ...
Page xii
... Opera , under a licence from the Lord Chamberlain's Office , given to another ! I can , however , so far solve two ... operas of the German school ; and by the same timely aid was Madame Vestris fortunate enough to have the power of ...
... Opera , under a licence from the Lord Chamberlain's Office , given to another ! I can , however , so far solve two ... operas of the German school ; and by the same timely aid was Madame Vestris fortunate enough to have the power of ...
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... the art - A few singers do not constitute an Opera -Difficulties under which the large theatres labour - Folly of reduced prices - Necessity of reduced salaries - Lord xxxii CONTENTS . Chamberlain - Difference between authority and oppres-
... the art - A few singers do not constitute an Opera -Difficulties under which the large theatres labour - Folly of reduced prices - Necessity of reduced salaries - Lord xxxii CONTENTS . Chamberlain - Difference between authority and oppres-
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... Opera is accordingly shorn of its fair propor- tion . We have a quartett party of unsurpassed talent , if you like ; but no Italian Opera . If you wish to see a perfect opera , go to Berlin , where there are three or four principal ...
... Opera is accordingly shorn of its fair propor- tion . We have a quartett party of unsurpassed talent , if you like ; but no Italian Opera . If you wish to see a perfect opera , go to Berlin , where there are three or four principal ...
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... Opera House , the Adelphi , and the Olympic theatres , as also the one he had recently given to the Strand theatre ; gave a licence ( and subsequently extended it ) to Mr. Bra- ham's new theatre , sanctioned the Opera Buffa ( a minor ...
... Opera House , the Adelphi , and the Olympic theatres , as also the one he had recently given to the Strand theatre ; gave a licence ( and subsequently extended it ) to Mr. Bra- ham's new theatre , sanctioned the Opera Buffa ( a minor ...
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