Friday, January 27, 2012

Community Singing _IN_ the opera: "Si ridesti il leon" -- spectators joining lustily

Speranza

The Art of Music: The opera
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Daniel Gregory Mason - 1916 - Snippet view

The audience used to join lustily in with the chorus

"Si, ridesti il leon di Castiglia" in "Ernani",
and once the enthusiasm rose to such dangerous heights that the theatre had to be closed by the authorities. ...

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