Word: rossi
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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Signor Chizzola, like all Italians, is eminently superstitious. He said, the other day: "I knew, before my season began with Rossi, that it would be a failure. Every one told me so, and the omens came out right, as always. The day Rossi arrived at St. Petersburg the Czar was killed. The day I signed a contract for America with him President Garfield was shot. The steamer we came over in took thirteen days to cross, and we arrived on a Friday. There were three carriages waiting at the boat when we arrived. The first street-car we took...
...Signor Rossi has declined the offer to appear at the Museum next month. He will go to Australia after his San Francisco engagement...
...Rossi and Mlle. Rhea, both failures in the East, are very popular in the Western cities...
...city theatre by professional actors, and for the benefit of the public at large, that the principal part should be delivered in Greek and the rest in English, seems but a poor and incongruous imitation of the manner in which our English tragedies have been lately represented by Rossi and Salvini. In their case there was some excuse, but in this we see none. Mr. Riddle would become as notorious, and make as much sensation by reading his lines in English as in Greek, and, moreover, would not give any ground for the charge of affectation. Since this manner...
...role in Greek, and the others in English, would be harsh to the auditor, but all who heard the play last night must agree that the combination of Greek and English was much more harmonious to the ear than that of English and Italian, as given by Salvini and Rossi. The scenery presented at the Globe. was magnificent, and, as neither pains nor expense were spared in getting it up, it was a scene of much greater magnitude than could be attempted in Sanders Theatre. The costumes resembled very closely those used at Harvard, but in several instances were made...