*p1789 05 09 king's La Vendemmia. Principal Characters by Benucci (1st appearance in <i>England</i>), Borselli, Forlivesi, Fineschi, Sga Sestini, Sga Borselli, Sga Storace (1st appearance this season). Cast from libretto ($L. Wayland=, 1789): Il Conte Zefiro-Benucci; Cardone-Borselli; Don Achille-Giuseppe Forlivesi; Don Fausto-Fineschi; Artemisia-Sga Sestini; Lauretta-Sga Borselli; Agatina-Sga Storace.*d1789 05 09 king's ^As17890404^.*c1789 05 09 king's A new Comic Opera (never performed [in <i>London</i>; 1st performed at <i>Florence</i>, 1778]); the Music by $Gazzaniga= [with additions by $Storace=, $Posi=, $Trachi= (<i>World</i>, 11 May)], under the direction of $Mazzinghi=. At the London production of <i>La Vendemmia</i>, the duet (<i>Count</i>-<i>Susanna</i>) <i>Crudel perche finora</i> from $Mozart='s <i>Le Nozze di Figaro</i> was sung by $Benucci= and $Anna Storace=; probably the first piece of any Mozart opera which was heard on the London stage" ($Loewenberg=, 364). [In June 1789 it was published by $Birchall= and $Andrews=, as "A favorite duett...sung in...La Vendemmia...by Sg Benucci and Sga Storace". See Illustration.