The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Fig. 272.—Hallet-drCis (a zephyr) ; after Martin. several directors, all of whom ruined themselves in the two fires (1763 and 1781) which destroyed the Palais-RoyalTheatre and the opera built in its place, scarcely interrupted theperformances which seemed indispensable to the prosperity of thecapital. The financial disasters associated with tlic Ro\al Academy ofMusic had little effect on the popularity of the theatre, in whichmusic and the ballet always received the same enthusiastic welcome. THE T
The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . Fig. 272.—Hallet-drCis (a zephyr) ; after Martin. several directors, all of whom ruined themselves in the two fires (1763 and 1781) which destroyed the Palais-RoyalTheatre and the opera built in its place, scarcely interrupted theperformances which seemed indispensable to the prosperity of thecapital. The financial disasters associated with tlic Ro\al Academy ofMusic had little effect on the popularity of the theatre, in whichmusic and the ballet always received the same enthusiastic welcome. THE THEATRES. 409 In the new house at the Palais-Royal, Gluck and Piccini divided themusical honours, and Noverre effected a complete change in thestyle of the ballets. Moreover, the opera called scria-biiffa, whichwas given alternately with Fiench opera three times a week,. Fig. 273.—Ballet-dress (a demon); after Martin. initiated the public into the beauties of Italian Music. After thefire of 1781, the theatre was removed from the Palais-Royal to aprovisional building, erected in sixty-five days, on the Boulevard , where the masterpieces of French, Italian, and Germanmusic were produced. Gretry, Piccini, Sacchini, and Salieri, wereamongst the composers, and Gardel was the chief vocal talents of Sophie Arnould and Rosalie Levasseur, ofLarrivee and Legros, were seconded, if not eclipsed, by those of 410 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Lais, Chardini, and St. Huberty. At this date, the expenses weretwice as large as they liad been in the middle of the century. In1760, the cost of carrying on tlie theatre did not exceed £ 16,000,and the receipts would have sufficed to pay this sum, if they had not
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