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Quotes About 1810

As any opera fan knows, lawyers and judges do not fare well in most operas. Just consider the productions of 'Andrea Chenier,' 'Aida, Norma,' 'Billy Budd,' 'Peter Grimes,' 'The Crucible,' 'Lost in the Stars,' 'The Marriage of Figaro,' 'The Makropulos Case' and Wagner's 'Ring' cycle. Around 1810, the theme of justice emerged in opera.
~ Karen DeCrow
On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
~ Alexandre Dumas
El liberalismo español arranca en los años 1809 y 1810. Fue uno de los primeros en desarrollarse en el siglo XIX y durante las siguientes décadas ejerció una influencia considerable en Europa e Hispanoamérica.
~ Stanley G. Payne
In 1810, there were over one million slaves in America.
~ Grace Norwich