The Light of Other Days, Vol. 2 of 2: Seen Through the Wrong End of an Opera Glass (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Willert Beale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331781566 ISBN 13: 9781331781561

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Light of Other Days, Vol. 2 of 2: Seen Through the Wrong End of an Opera Glass

At Marseilles, Mario found friends who advised him to go to Paris rather than to Spain, as he had originally intended when leaving Genoa.

The lines diverge. It was not yet intended by fate, luck, or whatever mysterious power might be believed to have influenced their movements. That the two should see each other. Giulia Grisi had already sung with great success in Italy. After making her début at Bologna (strange to say in the contralto part of Emma in Rossini's opera Zelmira she had appeared at Florence and then at Milan, her native city. At the famous theatre, La Scala, in Milan, she had created a furore, and had turned the scale in favour Of an opera for ever afterwards to be identified with her name. The first night it was performed Norma trembled in the balance of public opinion, although Pasta was the heroine.

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Excerpt from The Light of Other Days, Vol. 2 of 2: Seen Through the Wrong End of an Opera Glass Grisi and Mario! There is something talismanic in their names, recalling as they do the grandest scenes of Italian opera, an institution which was in its zenith in their time. I have known them since my childhood. I had been their youngest, and became, as years rolled on, one of their oldest friends. We were constantly associated, socially and in business matters; I was the impresario to whom they were last under engagement together. Recollections of their home life, and of their career before the public, come vividly before me, bringing with them many a thrill of regret. Bear with me if I devote more pages to the two great artists than have yet been accorded to any others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331781566
• ISBN 13: 9781331781561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372