Excerpt from The Great Operas, Vol. 2: The Romantic Legends Upon Which the Masters of Song Have Founded Their Famous Lyrical Compositions
And it is interesting to note that while the opera (first produced in English at London in 1858) has always been remarkably popular in Germany, France, Italy, and America, it has been rather coldly received In London, and when given at Covent Garden, in 1864. Proved a pronounced failure; but it has succeeded well on several occasions in England since that time.
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