The performance of Poliziano's "Orfeo," however, took place some forty years earlier than that of "Calandra," and it was without doubt in a closed hall and therefore most probably with artificial light of flambeaux and lamps.
[Footnote 21: "Histoire du Theatre de l'Opera en France depuis l'Etablissement de l'Academie Royale de Musique jusqu'a present." (Published anonymously.) Paris, 1753.].