A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia The title explains the object of this book. It is simply a record of the lyrical representations that have taken place in Philadelphia, with the names of the artists and the date and place of performance. As the experience of comparatively few of the present frequenters of the opera extends beyond the past thirty years, it was suggested that I should add some remarks descriptive of the voices and method of the principal artiste. This I have done as concisely as possible. There are many incidents, historical and personal, connected with the opera in Europe, relating to eminent composers, vocalists and authors, of whom faithful descriptions have been preserved. England has been fortunate in possessing several clever writers on the subject, who were not only thoroughly conversant with music, but were personally acquainted with the most distinguished musicians of the present century. I have freely made use of their descriptions, by way of illustration, in the following pages. In the operatic representations, the names of the principal performers are given, but mere repetitions of the same cast are generally omitted. Subsequent to the year 1857, unless otherwise stated, the performances were given in the Academy of Music. 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.