Excerpt from Les Noces De Dorine, Ou H???l???ne Et Francique: Op???ra En Quatre Actes At the explratlon of a year, the house ln the Rue Feydeau was at length ready, and the managem ent began to thlnk about mauguratmg 11; In the last days of December, 1790, the per formances of the Theatre de Monsleur at the Fo1re salnt-ger mam were brought to a close, and, after a few days, durmg whrch there was necessanly no performance whlle the movmg was gomg on and the transfe1 of the staff effected, the new house was Opened on the W ...
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Excerpt from Les Noces De Dorine, Ou H???l???ne Et Francique: Op???ra En Quatre Actes At the explratlon of a year, the house ln the Rue Feydeau was at length ready, and the managem ent began to thlnk about mauguratmg 11; In the last days of December, 1790, the per formances of the Theatre de Monsleur at the Fo1re salnt-ger mam were brought to a close, and, after a few days, durmg whrch there was necessanly no performance whlle the movmg was gomg on and the transfe1 of the staff effected, the new house was Opened on the W The Theatre Fe dean - suoh was the name 1t t ence orth assumed - haa now a home of lts own, 1n the very heart of all the kfa and elegance of Fans, and was destmed agam to enjoy the sympathv, only more hvely than ever, whlch 1t had so promptly and so Justly exclted Unfortunately, events followed one another qulckly, and obl1ged 1t materlally to mod1fy the con d1t1ons of 1ts ex1stence The troubles of Whlch Par1s was at thls tune mcessantly the scene, dealt, as may be supposed, a heavy blow to the p1osper1ty of theatrloal enterprlse The Theatre Feydeau, w1th lts enormous expenses, was doomed to feel th1s p1e1ud101al 1nfiuence more than any other house, and lts S1tuat1on became more and more d1fllcult, because new dramatlc and lyrlo theatres were sprlngmg up every day ln Vlrtue of the dealee of the Natlonal Assembly, wh1ch had establlshed the most complete freedom 1n such matters It was necessary, therefore, to thmk of econom1zmg, and, when the theatre closed, at Rastel, 1792, the comedy company was d1ssolved Soon afterwards, the Ital1an smgers dlscharged themselves The day of the l0th August threw them 1nto a state of terrlble afirlght, so, taklng advantage of a spe01al clause 1n the1r engagements, they resumed therr l1berty, and fled ln all poss1ble haste But 1t was fated that the d1sorgan1zat10n should not stop here, and the management 1tself was, nearly all at once, thrown 1nto confusmn Leonard, who had been m1xed up 1n the fl1ght to Varennes, was compelled to leave F1ance and take refuge abroad, Vrottl, who had been on afiectlonate terms W1th the Queen, and formerly been recelved as an 1nt1mate fr1end at Court, but whose 1deas, though at bottom hberal, d1d not protect h1m from ce1 tam dangers, also found hlm self obhged to go 1nto ex1le and flee to England, even Mart1u1 was reduced to hlde m 01 der to escape the penls whlch threatened hnn In thls state of th1ngs, the French s1ngers remalned ln excluswe possess1on of the Theatre F eydeau Hereupon, they resolved to form themselves 1nto a ]o1nt-stock company, and car ry on the enterpnse W1th French com1c opera alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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