After the season in the capital of Spain ended with resounding success, he was hired for the next one. The first work will be The Huguenots , by Meyerbeer. It was a true artistic event. The directing teachers were Franco Faccio, Fco. Barbieri and Tom s Bret n. The artists, Reszk, Scalchi-lolli, Pasqua, D'Angeri, Gayarre, Tamberlick, Lasalle, Verger and Kaschman. Before a threatening public, demanding for the rise in prices, the performance of Los Huguenotes began. The first scenes were heard coldly. Later, Gayarre appeared singing the story with such exquisite perfection and delicacy that the audience erupted in thunderous applause. The farewell marked a time in his career. There they were, from the kings, to that school youth, eternal subscriber to paradise. The repertoire of this function consisted of the first and fourth acts of La Favorita , with the romance Spirto Gentil and the last one of Los Huguenotes . An artistic album with a gold shield was given to him. On the first page they contained a plea written by Emilio Castelar, the great tribune of the time, a friend of Gayarre, urging him to stay in Madrid. Hundreds of signatures filled the album. Gayarre had given his word to premiere Francesca di Rimini in the Paris season, by maestro Thomas. She sang during the London season and spent the summer in Irán, San Sebastián and Fuenterrab a.
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