The program was well chosen in the first half, which began with an operatic scena from the 26-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven. |
Repeated mention is made in the letters of the year 1777, and afterwards, of a scena composed for Madame Duschek. |
The wedding service was danced and sung in a scena which would have enravished even a Russian audience. |
The scena was again burnt in the beginning of the reign of Titus, who restored it again. |
Galatea rises up from the sea, where she was hiding, and sings a long sort of scena, which showed off Ms. Le Roi's voice in a range of tempos and styles. |
The scena first appeared in print in the fall of 1805, when it was published in a collection made by Hoffmeister and Khnel. |