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3a - Journal Etranger, No. 1 (June 1777)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Ian Woodfield
Affiliation:
Queen's University Belfast
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Les Sieurs Piccini, Paésiello, Trajetta, & d'autres grands maitres d'Italie, ont occupé cette année le théatre de Londres, les opéras de Germondo, d'Astarto, de Telemacs, de Pyramo & Thisbeea, ceux de la Fraschetana, de la Buona Figliola, il Geloso in Cimento, la Schiava etc etc. & mardi 20 May, I Capriccii del Sesso, ont été représentés depuis le commencement de l'hiver. Nous parlerons seulement de ceux qui ont paru faire le plus de sensation.

En général l'Opera Comique a été plus gouté que l'Opera Sérieux, & il est certain qu'il le méritoit davantage. La musique de Télémaque cependant est remplie de choses sublimes, & fait le plus grand honneur à son compositeur Mr Trajetta. On a essayé d'y introduire des Ballets analogues au sujet, mais c'est un bien petit pas qu'on a fait dans cette carriere.

Je ne craindrai pas de dire mon avis à cet égard. Je suis toujours fort étonné que le compositeurs des ballets, qui sont François, qui ont pris les leçons de leur art à l'Academie Royale de Paris, n'ayent pas essayé plûtot de suivre l'exemple de l'Opéra François. Je leur crois assés de gout me persuader qu'ils ne demanderoit pas mieux qu'on leur en donnat les moyens.

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Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London
The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance
, pp. 276 - 282
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2001

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