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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Crociato in Egitto, Il

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From volume 1 of the work.

1503985A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Crociato in Egitto, IlGeorge Grove


CROCIATO IN EGITTO, IL, heroic opera in two acts; words by Rossi; music by Meyerbeer; produced at the Fenice, Venice, in 1824, and at the King's Theatre, London, June 30, 1825 [App. p.601 "July 23"]. Velluti appeared in it, probably the last castrato heard in London.