formicissimo

Updated: May 17, 2025

This rôle was played by an old Bolognese named Maria Agli. Thus in a short time all educated Rome was seen hastening in a continuous stream to Nicolo Musso's little theatre outside the Porta del Popolo, whilst Formica's name was on everybody's lips, and people shouted with wild enthusiasm, "Oh! Formica! Formica benedetto! Oh! Formicissimo!" not only in the theatre but also in the streets.

E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann - Weird Tales. Vol. I