We go to the Opéra — the Comtesse de Kessler has sent her box; Hamlet;1 as for male company, Papa and Saint-Amand. We return at half past eleven.
Nous allons a l'Opera, la comtesse de Kessler a envoye sa loge, Hamlet; en fait d'homme mon pere et Saint Amand. Nous rentrons a onze heures et demie.
Notes
Hamlet: the opera by Ambroise Thomas (1868), based on Shakespeare, with a famous baritone title role. It was a staple of the Paris Opéra repertoire in this period and one of the most popular French operas of the era.↩