| The program was well chosen in the first half, which began with an operatic scena from the 26-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven. |
| The scena first appeared in print in the fall of 1805, when it was published in a collection made by Hoffmeister and Khnel. |
| The scena ends with a stretto, a concluding passage taken in more rapid tempo in order to enhance the effect. |
| The wedding service was danced and sung in a scena which would have enravished even a Russian audience. |
| Every aria she sang was a highlight, not least the formidable Act 1 scena which can hold up its musical head in the exalted territory of Come scoglio. |
| The scena was again burnt in the beginning of the reign of Titus, who restored it again. |
