Zampa

But that racket aboard the Zampa was the worst yet.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Two young girls, the Farival twins, were playing a duet from "Zampa" upon the piano.

The Awakening 2000

This, however, was made up for when the drumming, smashing, and brass-blurting of the overture to "Zampa" was noised forth: this was encored with ecstacies, and so were some of the quadrilles.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 Various

Selections from the operas then known and now forgotten, were given in the dining room; parts, with all the characters and choruses, from "Zampa," "Norma" and the "Caliph of Bagdad" recur to my mind.

My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

He would look benignly upon his boys, tap, raise both resplendent hands aloft, and away he would go into the "Zampa" overture.

Nights in London Thomas Burke 1915

They played a duet from "Zampa," and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant."

The Awakening 1899

Two young girls, the Farival twins, were playing a duet from "Zampa" upon the piano.

The Awakening 1899

If 'Zampa' showed the influence of Weber, 'Le Pré aux Clercs' is redolent of Rossini.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

It would be in vain to look in Hérold's score for an echo of the passion and variety of Mozart, but much of the music of 'Zampa' is picturesque and effective.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

'Zampa' has been called a French 'Don Giovanni,' but the music owes far more to Weber than to Mozart, while the fantastic and absurd incidents of the plot have little of the supernatural terror of Mozart's opera.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892