*p1786 05 04 king's Virginia. Principal Characters by Rubinelli (1st appearance in England), Bartolini, Simonetti, Schinotti; Sga Catenacci, Mme Mara. [Cast from Larpent MS 731: Icilius-Rubinelli; Appius Claudius-Bartolini; Lucius Virginius-Simonetti; Publius-Schinotti; Tullia-Sga Catenacci; Virginia-Mme Mara.] hathi.*d1786 05 04 king's ^As17860427^ throughout .hathi.*c1786 05 04 king's A new Serious Opera [1st time; SER 2, librettist unknown; a pasticcio]; the Music by Tarchi [who wrote Rubinelli's part, and by Anfossi, Cherubini, Piccinni]. "Rubinelli is a musician of the first class . . . His voice and his science, though both pre-eminent, are never forced forward beyond their proper rank, which, in a musician, is the rank of subserviency to the feelings. The musician that is not felt is no musician" (Public Advertiser, 6 May) .hathi.