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The Mexican campaign: dinner and concert, 27 April 1865

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Introduction
Dinner on 27 April 1865
Concert Programme
Bibliography

Introduction
As part of our close-up on: the Mexican campaign, 1862-1867, we have a typical imperial dinner and musical evening. Maximilian and Charlotte, the imperial couple, were particulary fond of Italian opera.
Dinner on 27 April 1865
Soup à la Sévigné Croquettes à la Mazarin Oyster rissoles Filets à la parisienne Lamb cutlets jardinière Olive Pâté Friands de Strasbourg French peas Cauliflower *Roast Meats* Chicken aux truffes Quails Entremets Sago Pudding Rice croquettes All fruits cream (Crèmes à tous les fruits) Pears in syrup Cheese and butter Ice cream with strawberries and milk Fruit and tarts.
Concert Programme
First half 1) Sérénade from Faust (Gounod), sung by Mr. Biachi 2) Mon fils, Romance from Le Prophète (Meyerbeer), sung by Mlle Sulzer 3) La donna è mobile (Verdi), sung by Mr Mazzolenni 4) Fantaisie Brillante pour violon, dedicated to his Majesty King Leopold and played by his composer Mr Jehin-Prume, accompanied by the orchestra 5) Trio, from I Lombardi (Verdi), sung by Melle Ortolani and Messieurs Mazzolenni and Biachi Second half 6) Air from The Barber of Seville (Rossini), sung by Mr Orlandini 7) Mémoires de Chateaubriand (Quidant), played on piano by M. Léon 8) Brindisi from Lucrezia Borgia, (Donizetti), sung by Mlle Sulzer 9) Elégie, composed for violin by Ernst, and played by Mr Jehin-Prume accompanied by piano 10) Quartet from Rigoletto (Verdi) sung by Mesdemoiselles Ortolanni and Sulzer et Messieurs Mazzolenni and Orlandini
Bibliography
Reproduced in Percy F. Martin, Maximilian in Mexico. The story of the French intervention (1861-1867), 1914, pp. 176-178.

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