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14 April 1795

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Theatre: King's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1794-1795
Volume: 5
Comments: A New Opera; the music by Paisiello. [On 8 Dec. 1787 this was performed under its original title of Il re Teodoro in Venezia.] "Whatever we may pretend, we are too ignorant of musical science as a nation to find pleasure in what produces rapture on an Italian stage. The operas that have been successively produced this season would each have been more popular if much shorter" (Morning Chronicle, 15 Apr.)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p king's Il Conte Ridicolo. [Principal Characters by Brida, Kelly, Rovedino, Morelli, Mme Morichelli. [Cast from <i>Larpent MS 1067</i>:% Sandrino-Brida; Gafforio-Kelly; Conte-Rovedino; Taddeo-Morelli; Ali-Cipriani; Lisetta-Mme Morichelli; Belisa-Sga Pastorelli. *dAs 11 Apr. *cA New Opera; the music by $Paisiello=. [On 8 Dec. 1787 this was performed under its original title of <i>Il re Teodoro in Venezia</i>.] "Whatever we may pretend, we are too ignorant of musical science as a nation to find pleasure in what produces rapture on an <i>Italian stage</i>. The operas that have been successively produced this season would each havebeen more popular if much shorter" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 15 Apr.).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1795 04 14 king's Il Conte Ridicolo. Principal Characters by Brida, Kelly, Rovedino, Morelli, Mme Morichelli. Cast from <i>Larpent MS 1067</i>: Sandrino-Brida; Gafforio-Kelly; Conte-Rovedino; Taddeo-Morelli; Ali-Cipriani; Lisetta-Mme Morichelli; Belisa-Sga Pastorelli.*d1795 04 14 king's ^As17950411^.*c1795 04 14 king's A New Opera; the music by $Paisiello=. [On 8 Dec. 1787 this was performed under its original title of <i>Il re Teodoro in Venezia</i>.] "Whatever we may pretend, we are too ignorant of musical science as a nation to find pleasure in what produces rapture on an <i>Italian stage</i>. The operas that have been successively produced this season would each have been more popular if much shorter" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 15 Apr.).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 49537 | 17950414 | king's | A New Opera; the music by $Paisiello=. [On 8 Dec. 1787 this was performed under its original title of <i>Il re Teodoro in Venezia</i>.] "Whatever we may pretend, we are too ignorant of musical science as a nation to find pleasure in what produces rapture on an <i>Italian stage</i>. The operas that have been successively produced this season would each have been more popular if much shorter" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 15 Apr.)
    Performance: 109343 | 49537 | p | Il Conte Ridicolo | Principal Characters by Brida, Kelly, Rovedino, Morelli, Mme Morichelli. Cast from <i>Larpent MS 1067</i>: Sandrino-Brida; Gafforio-Kelly; Conte-Rovedino; Taddeo-Morelli; Ali-Cipriani; Lisetta-Mme Morichelli; Belisa-Sga Pastorelli.
    Cast:
    197833 | 109343 | Sandrino | Brida
    197834 | 109343 | Gafforio | Kelly
    197835 | 109343 | Conte | Rovedino
    197836 | 109343 | Taddeo | Morelli
    197837 | 109343 | Ali | Cipriani
    197838 | 109343 | Lisetta | Mme Morichelli
    197839 | 109343 | Belisa | Sga Pastorelli.
    Performance: 109344 | 49537 | d | As17950411
    AsSeeDate: 109344 | king's | d | As | 17950411

Mainpiece

Title: Il Conte Ridicolo
Comments:
Principal Characters by Brida, Kelly, Rovedino, Morelli, Mme Morichelli. Cast from Larpent MS 1067: Sandrino-Brida; Gafforio-Kelly; Conte-Rovedino; Taddeo-Morelli; Ali-Cipriani; Lisetta-Mme Morichelli; Belisa-Sga Pastorelli.
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Author: G.B. Casti

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Comment: As17950411

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