William Henry Fry’s Leonora: the Italian connection
William Henry Fry’s Leonora: the Italian connection
On 7 June 1845, the New York Herald published a letter by an ‘occasional correspondent’ from Philadelphia concerning William Henry Fry's first grand opera, Leonora, which premiered three days before at the Chestnut Street Theatre. The letter contained the following remark:
All were delighted with the music, it was so much like an old acquaintance in a new coat; indeed some of ‘the cognoscenti’ said that it was a warm ‘hash’ of Bellini, with a cold shoulder of ‘Rossini,’ and a handful of ‘Auber’ salt – whilst others congratulated Mr. Fry upon his opera being so much like Norma…
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Izzo, Francesco
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June 2009
Izzo, Francesco
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Izzo, Francesco
(2009)
William Henry Fry’s Leonora: the Italian connection.
Nineteenth-Century Music Review, 6 (1), .
(doi:10.1017/S1479409800002871).
Abstract
On 7 June 1845, the New York Herald published a letter by an ‘occasional correspondent’ from Philadelphia concerning William Henry Fry's first grand opera, Leonora, which premiered three days before at the Chestnut Street Theatre. The letter contained the following remark:
All were delighted with the music, it was so much like an old acquaintance in a new coat; indeed some of ‘the cognoscenti’ said that it was a warm ‘hash’ of Bellini, with a cold shoulder of ‘Rossini,’ and a handful of ‘Auber’ salt – whilst others congratulated Mr. Fry upon his opera being so much like Norma…
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/154243
ISSN: 1479-4098
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