A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
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First performance of Italian opera in the United
States—Production of
Rossini’s opera in Rome, London, Paris, and New
York—Thomas Phillipps
and his English version—Miss Leesugg and Mrs.
Holman—Emanuel Garcia
and his troupe—Malibran—Early operas in
America—Colman’s “Spanish
Barber”—Other Figaro operas—How Rossini
came to Write “Il Barbiere”
—The story of a fiasco—Garcia and his Spanish
song—“Segui, o caro”
—Giorgi-Righetti—The plot of the
opera—The overture—“Ecco
ridente
in cielo”—“Una voce poco
fà,”—Rossini and Patti—The
lesson scene
and what singers have done with it—Grisi, Alboni,
Catalani, Bosio,
Gassier, Patti, Sembrich, Melba, and Viardot—An echo of
Haydn.
