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In the evening we were at the theatre, which is large and handsome; and the constant residence of a numerous garrison enables it to entertain a very good set of performers: their operas in particular are extremely well got up. I saw Zemire et Azor given better than at Drury Lane.
"Very true indeed," said Lady Cecilia; 'but, Helen, listen, Granville has really found an ingenious resource. "'By Ombres Chinoises, suppose; or a gauze curtain, as in Zemire et Azore, the audience might be made to understand the main point, that GOOD resulted from Tarquin's BAD choice. Brutus, Liberty, Rome's grandeur, and the Optimist right at last.
The rest of his works, with the exception of a few scattered airs, such as 'Rose softly blooming, from 'Zemire und Azor, seem to be completely forgotten. He was a man of vivid imagination, and revelled in uncanny legends of the supernatural.
In the evening we were at the theatre, which is large and handsome; and the constant residence of a numerous garrison enables it to entertain a very good set of performers: their operas in particular are extremely well got up. I saw Zemire et Azor given better than at Drury Lane.
In 1815 he made a concert tour in France and Italy, during which he met Rossini and Paganini, playing at Venice a sinfonia concertante of his own composition, with the latter. On his return to Germany in 1817 Spohr was appointed conductor of the Opera at Frankfort-on-the-Main, where his opera "Faust" was now produced, also "Zemire and Azor."
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