02 January 1798
Event Information
Theatre:
King's Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1797-1798
Volume:
5
Comments:
[The playbill announces Nina, but "Last night the grand tragic opera of Semiramide was revived, in which Mme Banti and Viganoni received all their usual applause. [In the new dance] there is a charming pas de deux by Didelot and Rose" (Morning Chronicle, 3 Jan.).
Mainpiece
Title:
Semiramide
Comments:
Principal Characters-Viganoni, Mme Banti. [Cast adjusted from libretto (C. Clarke, 1794): Arsace-Viganoni; Seleuco-Rovedino; Mitrane-DeGiovanni; Oroe-Braghetti; Semiramide-Mme Banti; Azema-Sga Colombati.]
Principal Characters-Viganoni, Mme Banti. [Cast adjusted from libretto (C. Clarke, 1794): Arsace-Viganoni; Seleuco-Rovedino; Mitrane-DeGiovanni; Oroe-Braghetti; Semiramide-Mme Banti; Azema-Sga Colombati.]
Cast:
- Role: Principal Characters Actor: Viganoni, Mme Banti.
- Role: Arsace Actor: Viganoni
- Role: Seleuco Actor: Rovedino
- Role: Mitrane Actor: DeGiovanni
- Role: Oroe Actor: Braghetti
- Role: Semiramide Actor: Mme Banti
- Role: Azema Actor: Sga Colombati.
Dance
Comment:
End I: Divertisement Ballet, composed by Gallet, La Chasse d' Amour- [see below]; End Opera: Ariadne et Bacchus, as17971216