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History of the Opera: From Its Origin in Italy to the Present Time. With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe, Volume 2...

By Henry Sutherland Edwards

2019-03-12 22:32:24

The Italian opera, as we shall afterwards see, was introduced into France under the auspices of Cardinal Mazarin, who as the Abbé Mazarini, had visited all the principal theatres of Italy by the express command of Richelieu, and had studied their sy ... Read more
The Italian opera, as we shall afterwards see, was introduced into France under the auspices of Cardinal Mazarin, who as the Abbé Mazarini, had visited all the principal theatres of Italy by the express command of Richelieu, and had studied their system with a view to the more perfect representation of the cardinal-minister's tragedies. The Italian Opera he introduced on his own account, and it was, on the whole, very inhospitably received. Less

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File size512.672 KB
Print pages336
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-10-09
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1271497034
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