I Here Saw Performed The
Opera Of Don Giovanni Of Mozart, With The Ballo Of La Pazza Per
Amore.
Mme Colbran, a Spanish lady, is the Prima Donna and an excellent
singer.
In all the private societies at Naples a great deal of gaming goes on, and
at some houses those visitors, who do not play, are coolly received. The
following may be considered as a very fair specimen of the life of a young
man of rank and fashion at Naples. He rises about two p.m., takes his
chocolate, saunters about in the Strada di Toledo or in the Largo del
Palazzo for an hour or two, then takes a promenade a cheval on the
Chiaia; dines between six and seven; goes to the Opera where he remains
till eleven or half-past eleven; he then saunters about in the different
Cafes for an hour or two; and then repairs to the gaming table at the
Ridotto, which he does not quit till broad daylight. The ladies find a
great resource in going to church, which serves to pass away the time that
is not spent in bed, or at the Opera, or at the promenade en voiture. The
ladies seldom take exercise on foot at Naples. There being very little
taste for litterature in this vast metropolis, the most pleasant society is
among the foreign families who inhabit Naples or at the houses of the
Corps diplomatique. There is, however, a good cabinet litteraire and
library in the Strada di San Giacomo, where various French and Italian
newspapers may be read.
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