At the Coyent-Garden debut with Lucrezia Borgia . He had sung three operas with the usual success when he fell ill. I was hoarse, I couldn't sing. Gayarre attributed this to the terrible nervous tension of the Paris campaign. But Lohengrin still sang and said goodbye to Faust .
In winter he went to Madrid, hired for the 1886-87 season. In addition to his usual repertoire, two novelties: the premieres of La Regina di Saba , by Goldmarck, and the already sung in Italy, Il Ducca d'Alba . The latter was deleted from his repertoire because it seemed to him that the public did not like it.
From Madrid to Alicante, eight days of excursions and two performances. Some performances in Barcelona followed. Later moving to London, to Queen Victoria's jubilee festivities. He took his sister-in-law Gabriela with her children to these parties. The success in London was great. And he had the opportunity to premiere Glinka's beautiful score, La Vita per lo Czar .
MEL