1 Debray was not yet come, but Albert knew that he seldom lost a scene at the opera.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 2 I have a party at my house to-night, and therefore cannot possibly remain till the end of the opera.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 3 Balls, parties, and fetes are over; the Italian opera is in London; the French opera everywhere except in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays. 4 On his return home, Albert expressed his wish to Franz Debray, and Morrel, to see them at the opera that evening.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 5 The opera of "Parisina" was announced for representation, and the principal actors were Coselli, Moriani, and La Specchia.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 6 It is quite immaterial to me," said Monte Cristo, "and it was very unnecessary to disturb me at the opera for such a trifle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 7 This uneasiness, amounting almost to frenzy, arose from the report Morcerf's adventure had made in the world, for the affair at the opera was generally known.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 93. Valentine. 8 The pretext of an opera engagement was so much the more feasible, as there chanced to be on that very night a more than ordinary attraction at the Academie Royale.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable. 9 Morrel only then recollected the letter he had received from the viscount, in which, without assigning any reason, he begged him to go to the opera, but he understood that something terrible was brooding.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 10 Andrea, on whose arm hung one of the most consummate dandies of the opera, was explaining to him rather cleverly, since he was obliged to be bold to appear at ease, his future projects, and the new luxuries he meant to introduce to Parisian fashions with his hundred and seventy-five thousand livres per annum.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 96. The Contract. 11 Owing to the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet, the pauses between the performances are very short, the singers in the opera having time to repose themselves and change their costume, when necessary, while the dancers are executing their pirouettes and exhibiting their graceful steps.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 12 Danglars had, however, protested against showing himself in a ministerial box, declaring that his political principles, and his parliamentary position as member of the opposition party would not permit him so to commit himself; the baroness had, therefore, despatched a note to Lucien Debray, bidding him call for them, it being wholly impossible for her to go alone with Eugenie to the opera.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable.