A stage for the nobility
The Restoration continues the uses of the eighteenth century: the renovated Theatre offers itself as a splendid showcase for the most prestigious performances of the young nobility miltare or for the tragedies that excite the bridesmaids, as romantic melodrama gradually takes over.
In Francesco Gonin’s 1839 engraving, a joust for the Russian Hermit Prince.
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