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15 November 1743

Event Information
Theatre: King's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1743-1744
Volume: 3
Comments: Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by Mr Handel. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the Haymarket, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, I, 102, this is the new opera Rossane, Lampugnani's first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, Burney and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, Schoelcher and Deutsch to Handel. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pOking's Roxana; or, Alexander in India. Allessandro-Monticelli; Rossane-Siga Visconti; Lisaura-Rosa Mancini; Tassile-Giulia Frasi; Clito-Signora Fratesanti ($Deutsch= <i>Handel</i>, p. 573). [$Lady Hertford= to $Lord Beauchamp=: The singers are $Monticelli=, $Visconti=, $Julietta=, a bass from <i>Italy</i> whose name is $Fratanzanti=, and two new women; one whose name is $Rosa Mancini=...and the other, $Caselli=.-$Hughes=, <i>Hertford</i>, p. 297.% *cOking's Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by $Mr Handel=. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the <i>Haymarket</i>, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to $Loewenberg=, <i>Annals of Opera</i>, I, 102, this is the new opera <i>Rossane</i>, $Lampugnani='s first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, $Burney= and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, $Schoelcher= and $Deutsch= to Handel. See Deutsch, <i>Handel</i>, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1743 11 15 king's Roxana; or, Alexander in India. Allessandro-Monticelli; Rossane-Siga Visconti; Lisaura-Rosa Mancini; Tassile-Giulia Frasi; Clito-Signora Fratesanti ($Deutsch= <i>Handel</i>, p. 573). $Lady Hertford= to $Lord Beauchamp=: The singers are $Monticelli=, $Visconti=, $Julietta=, a bass from <i>Italy</i> whose name is $Fratanzanti=, and two new women; one whose name is $Rosa Mancini=...and the other, $Caselli=.-$Hughes=, <i>Hertford</i>, p. 297.*c1743 11 15 king's Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by $Mr Handel=. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the <i>Haymarket</i>, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to $Loewenberg=, <i>Annals of Opera</i>, I, 102, this is the new opera <i>Rossane</i>, $Lampugnani='s first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, $Burney= and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, $Schoelcher= and $Deutsch= to Handel. See Deutsch, <i>Handel</i>, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 21911 | 17431115 | king's | Today, will be reviv'd an Opera. The Musick compos'd by $Mr Handel=. With Dances and other Decorations entirely new. Pit and Boxes to be put together; and no Person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd this Day at the Office in the <i>Haymarket</i>, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. Note. The Subscribers to the Opera are desir'd to send for their Silver Tickets to the Opera-Office in the Hay-Market. [This customary notice will not be included further. According to $Loewenberg=, <i>Annals of Opera</i>, I, 102, this is the new opera <i>Rossane</i>, $Lampugnani='s first composition, at the house for which he was the new resident composer. Musicologists have not arrived at the identity of this piece, $Burney= and Loewenburg attributing it to Lampugnani, $Schoelcher= and $Deutsch= to Handel. See Deutsch, <i>Handel</i>, p. 572, where he reviews the evidence.
    Performance: 43002 | 21911 | p | Roxana; Or, Alexander In India | Allessandro-Monticelli; Rossane-Siga Visconti; Lisaura-Rosa Mancini; Tassile-Giulia Frasi; Clito-Signora Fratesanti ($Deutsch= <i>Handel</i>, p. 573). $Lady Hertford= to $Lord Beauchamp=: The singers are $Monticelli=, $Visconti=, $Julietta=, a bass from <i>Italy</i> whose name is $Fratanzanti=, and two new women; one whose name is $Rosa Mancini=...and the other, $Caselli=.-$Hughes=, <i>Hertford</i>, p. 297.
    Cast:
    68448 | 43002 | Allessandro | Monticelli
    68449 | 43002 | Rossane | Siga Visconti
    68450 | 43002 | Lisaura | Rosa Mancini
    68451 | 43002 | Tassile | Giulia Frasi
    68452 | 43002 | Clito | Signora Fratesanti
    68453 | 43002 | . | $Hughes=, <i>Hertford</i>, p. 297.

Mainpiece

Title: Roxana; Or, Alexander In India
Comments:
Allessandro-Monticelli; Rossane-Siga Visconti; Lisaura-Rosa Mancini; Tassile-Giulia Frasi; Clito-Signora Fratesanti (Deutsch Handel, p. 573). Lady Hertford to Lord Beauchamp: The singers are Monticelli, Visconti, Julietta, a bass from Italy whose name is Fratanzanti, and two new women; one whose name is Rosa Mancini...and the other, Caselli.-Hughes, Hertford, p. 297.
Cast:

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 15 November 1743 at King's Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=21911.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 15 November 1743 at King's Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=21911. Accessed 28 March 2025.