. Programme . ingers Senesino, Mme. Bertoli, CelesteGlsmondi, Montagnana, had deserted Handel, but Mme. Strada re-mained. It is stated in Gerbers Lexicon der Tonktinstler (1792)that Handel in 1741 was obliged, on account of pecuniary embar-rassment, to let her go; that she thereupon returned to Italy. Mrs. Delany heard her when she first arrived in London. Hervoice is without exception fine, her manner perfection, but her per-son very bad, and she makes frightful mouths. Dr. Burney informs us that Mme. Strada made her first appear-ance in London on December 2, 1729, in Handels Lotharius. Theai
. Programme . ingers Senesino, Mme. Bertoli, CelesteGlsmondi, Montagnana, had deserted Handel, but Mme. Strada re-mained. It is stated in Gerbers Lexicon der Tonktinstler (1792)that Handel in 1741 was obliged, on account of pecuniary embar-rassment, to let her go; that she thereupon returned to Italy. Mrs. Delany heard her when she first arrived in London. Hervoice is without exception fine, her manner perfection, but her per-son very bad, and she makes frightful mouths. Dr. Burney informs us that Mme. Strada made her first appear-ance in London on December 2, 1729, in Handels Lotharius. Theair Quel cor che mi donasti, the first that Strada ever sung onour stage, seems chiefly calculated to display her fine and brilliant Established in 1842 Sables, Russian and Hudson Bay We dress our own sables and can give excellent values in bothRussian and Hudson Bay. Coats, Coatees, etc., in all specialize in tailor-made fur geuments. 19 ARLINGTON STREET, Next to Arlington Street ChurchOUR ONLY LOCATION. 460 shake, for which there are more thau thirty occasions in the courseof this song. This singer had many prejudices to combat on herfirst arrival in this country: the enemies of Handel were of courseunwilling to be pleased with any part of the entertainment he hadprovided for the public; the abilities of Cuzzoni and Faustina hadtaken possession of the general favor; and Stradas personal charmsdid not assist her much in conciliating parties, or disposing the eyeto augment the pleasures of the ear; for she had so little of a Venusin her appearance that she was usually called the Pig. However,by degrees she subdued all their prejudices, and sung herself intofavor, particularly with the friends of Handel, who used to say thatby the care he took in composing for her, and his instructions, froma coarse singer with a fine voice, he rendered her equal at least tothe first performer in Europe. Del Po, heeding the wishes of his wife, had contented himself
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