Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 10 May 1847, to Count Mathieu Wielhorsky in St. Petersburg, 1847 May 10 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Describing his visits to Paris and London, mentioning Grisi, Mario, Tamburini, Salvi, Alboni, Jenny Lind and her suit against Bunn at Drury Lane, [Meyerbeer's] Robert le diable, Staudigl, [Bellini's] Sonnambula, Félicien David's Christoph Colomb, Douai's [i.e. Emile Douay's] Jeanne, Gluck, Grétry, Méhul, Boieldieu, Armide, Richard coeur de lion, Joseph en Egypte, La dame blanche, Le désert, [Lacombe's] Manfred, Mme Viardot, Mme Dorus-Gras, Berlioz's success in Russia, Mendelssohn, in whose honor they gave a concert of his music, etc