CHAPTER I

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A VISIT TO LONDON--ROSSINI AND GEORGE IV.

A Successful Manager--Rossini's English Adapters--His Popularity in London--Rossini and George IV.--Concert at Almack's--Rossini on his stay in England--Art in London Drawing-rooms 239

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ROSSINI'S OPERA FOR THE KING'S THEATRE.

Operatic Management in England--The Missing Act 254

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