The English middle classes enjoyed the portrayal, in Rosina, of the peasantry in its rustic setting, the simple sentiments, and the all-is-for-the-best-in-the-end outcome. This appealed more than the stylised stories of tragic Italian opera, and Shields had a hit on his hands…
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