Works Michael Costa (conductor)
costa lyall in vanity fair, 1872
amongst works of costa s maturity may listed ballets kenilworth (1831), une heure à naples (1832), sir huon (composed taglioni) in 1833 , ballet alma (1844, later revived la fille du marbre). opera malek adhel produced in paris in 1837 , in london in 1844, opera don carlos.
in 1855 costa wrote oratorio eli, , in 1864 naaman, both birmingham. rossini s comment on former was: costa has sent me oratorio score , stilton cheese. cheese good. aria eli, extol thee , recorded in 1910 great british dramatic soprano agnes nicholls (1876–1959), , quality of costa s music can judged on various cd re-masterings of particular disc have been issued in recent years.
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