Divas and Scholars by Philip Gossett

Author:Philip Gossett [Gossett, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The first to approach me was Malibran, who, having thrown her arms about my neck, declaimed for me in the most exalted transport of joy these four notes of mine: Ah! m’abbraccia! adding nothing else... My emotion was at its heights: I thought I was in Paradise; I could not speak a word, and remained dumb; I do not remember anything else... The enthusiastic and repeated applause of an English public, which becomes frantic when it gets excited, called us both to the stage; we presented ourselves while holding hands: you can imagine the rest... What I can tell you is that I do not know whether in my whole life I will have a more intense emotion. From that moment I became an intimate of Malibran: she expressed to me all the admiration she felt for my music, and I all I held for her immense talent; and I promised to write for her an opera on a subject that suits her. It is a thought that already electrifies me, my dear Florimo.52

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