The first idea for this book had come to her in Italy, when she looked at Rosa's pictures in galleries, and learned that he had also been a satirist of the established political order. She...
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
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1816: Gioacchino Rossini's opera Il Barbiere di...
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1816
Gioacchino Rossini
's opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) had its first performance in Rome; its libretto, by Beaumarchais
, is a prequel to The Marriage of Figaro, set by Mozart
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
6 April 1847: Covent Garden Theatre re-opened (with a performance...