 | Marie Henri Beyle, Gioacchino Rossini - 1824 - 338 Seiten
...of the handsomest men of his time, had no small share of vanity, and was fond of displaying, and of abusing, the powers of voice with which nature had...second rehearsal, Velluti began to show his powers in gracing (fiorire) ; Rossini found the effect produced, just and admirable, and highly applauded... | |
 | 1833 - 484 Seiten
...then in the flower of his youth and talents, and one of the handsomest men of his time. The soprano had no small share of vanity, and was fond of displaying...second rehearsal, Velluti began to show his powers inßorilure — Rossini found the effect produced just and admirable, and highly applauded the performance... | |
 | John Edmund Cox - 1872 - 400 Seiten
...anecdote from Stendthall's Life of Rossini concerning this acquaintanceship is, I think, worth recording. "Velluti, then in the flower of his youth and talents,...hearing this great singer he had written a cavatina " (the one above named) " for the character he was to perform. At the first rehearsal, Velluti began... | |
 | 1833 - 538 Seiten
...then in the flower of his youth and talents, and one of the handsomest men of his time. The soprano had no small share of vanity, and was fond of displaying and abusing the • * The duet " Ebben per mia memoria" in " La Gazza Ladra," though not in a serious opera, is a specimen... | |
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There he became acquainted with Veiluti, then in the flower of his youth and talents, and one of the handsomest men of his time. The soprano had no small share of vanity, and was fond of displaying and abusing the powers of voice with which nature had... 