Memories of the singer

This book is devoted to the life and creativity of the famous French tenor of the XIX century Zhilbera-Louis Dupre (1806-1896) Singer"s memories show the reader the world of the opera of the time, and show him from the first person. After all, who, if not Dupre, speaking on the scenes of the best theaters of Italy, Germany, and, of course, France and represented the works of ingenious composers of their time Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbera, can tell the reader about the peculiarities of the theater and the most striking characters of this world. He recalls devotees and dangerous rivals, harsh critics and greedy impresario, about the royal families, before which he repeatedly happened to perform and tear the storm of applause and ordinary citizens, whose love and appreciation was so expensive