The Harmonicon. Part the First

by Various

TRIESTE.

The son of the singer Bonoldi, a young composer brought up in the Conservatorio at Milan, wrote the opera with which the Carnival Season was opened in this town. It is his coup d’essai, and called Il Mauro di Calisto Bassi. On the first night the young composer was unfortunate. Nobody knew his part except Bonoldi, the father; and he was so overcome by interest for his son, that he lost his voice and was obliged to omit much. In fact, the theatre was closed two nights; but after that Bonoldi recovered his powers, the opera was reproduced with applause, and the maestro and singers called forward at the close of the performance.