irbt 6pertator
JUNE 29, 1833
WE Went to hear PAGANINI on Wednesday night. The concert was announced as his "last"—and probably it will be SO. PAGANINI has ceased to attract any hearers, and therefore will cease to play. It was curious to witness the change in the number and character of his auditors. During his first season, the doors of the King's Theatre were surrounded by crowds an hour before his concerts commenced; the avenues were strongly barricadoed, to prevent bruises and broken limbs; PAGANINI was the universal topic of the day, and everybody went to hear him. On Wednesday night, we entered the Operahouse at eight o'clock : the boxes were empty, literally empty; the pit contained about one hundred auditors; and of those but a few belonged to the amusement-seekers of the metropolis,
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