02 May 1799

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Theatre: King's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1798-1799
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Mrs Rose Didelot. Tickets to be had of Mrs Rose Didelot, No. 8, Haymarket. 2nd ballet: 1st time; composed by J. D'Egville. [In all subsequent performances this was billed as Tarare.] "D'Egville, Laborie, and St.Pierre are excellent dancers and fine manly figures. Laborie possesses more elegance than St. Pierre; but the latter greater animation. D'Egville displays much taste and poetical spirit in the invention of ballets...[which] are far richer in naive situations, and possess a more free poetical spirit than those of Paris" (Goede, 265-66)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p king's Elfrida. As 29 Dec. 1798. *dEnd I: <i>Hylas et Temire</i>, as 18 Apr.; End Opera: <i>Tarare et Irza</i>-D'Egville, Didelot, Laborie, St.Pierre, Fialon, Mrs Rose Didelot,Mrs Hilligsberg, Mrs Laborie, Mrs D'Egville, Miss J. Hilligsberg. *cBenefit for Mrs Rose Didelot. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Rose Didelot=, No. 8, <i>Haymarket</i>. 2nd ballet: 1st time; composed by $J. D'Egville=. [In all subsequent performances this was billed as <i>Tarare</i>.] "D'Egville, $Laborie=, and $St.Pierre= are excellent dancers and fine manly figures. Laborie possesses more elegance than St. Pierre; but the latter greater animation. D'Egville displays much taste andpoetical spirit in the invention of ballets...[which] are far richer in naive situations, and possess a more free poetical spirit than those of <i>Paris</i>" ($Goede=, 265-66).

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    *p1799 05 02 king's Elfrida. ^As17981229^.*d1799 05 02 king's End I: <i>Hylas et Temire</i>, ^as17990418^; End Opera: <i>Tarare et Irza</i>-D'Egville, Didelot, Laborie, St.Pierre, Fialon, Mrs Rose Didelot, Mrs Hilligsberg, Mrs Laborie, Mrs D'Egville, Miss J. Hilligsberg.*c1799 05 02 king's Benefit for Mrs Rose Didelot. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Rose Didelot=, No. 8, <i>Haymarket</i>. 2nd ballet: 1st time; composed by $J. D'Egville=. [In all subsequent performances this was billed as <i>Tarare</i>.] "D'Egville, $Laborie=, and $St.Pierre= are excellent dancers and fine manly figures. Laborie possesses more elegance than St. Pierre; but the latter greater animation. D'Egville displays much taste and poetical spirit in the invention of ballets...[which] are far richer in naive situations, and possess a more free poetical spirit than those of <i>Paris</i>" ($Goede=, 265-66).

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    Event: 51857 | 17990502 | king's | Benefit for Mrs Rose Didelot. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Rose Didelot=, No. 8, <i>Haymarket</i>. 2nd ballet: 1st time; composed by $J. D'Egville=. [In all subsequent performances this was billed as <i>Tarare</i>.] "D'Egville, $Laborie=, and $St.Pierre= are excellent dancers and fine manly figures. Laborie possesses more elegance than St. Pierre; but the latter greater animation. D'Egville displays much taste and poetical spirit in the invention of ballets...[which] are far richer in naive situations, and possess a more free poetical spirit than those of <i>Paris</i>" ($Goede=, 265-66)
    Performance: 115485 | 51857 | p | Elfrida | As17981229.
    AsSeeDate: 115485 | king's | p | As | 17981229
    Cast:
    780630 | 115485 | Adelvolto | Viganoni
    780631 | 115485 | Orgando | Rovedino
    780632 | 115485 | Egardo | Benelli
    780633 | 115485 | Siveno | Braghetti
    780634 | 115485 | Osmondo | DeGiovanni
    780635 | 115485 | Elfrida | Mme Banti
    780636 | 115485 | Evelina | Sga Pastorelli.
    Performance: 115486 | 51857 | d | End I: <i>Hylas et Temire</i>, as17990418; End Opera: <i>Tarare et Irza</i>-D'Egville, Didelot, Laborie, St | Pierre, Fialon, Mrs Rose Didelot, Mrs Hilligsberg, Mrs Laborie, Mrs D'Egville, Miss J. Hilligsberg.
    AsSeeDate: 115486 | king's | d | As | 17990418

Mainpiece

Title: Elfrida
Comments:
As17981229.
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Dance

Comment: End I: Hylas et Temire, as17990418; End Opera: Tarare et Irza-D'Egville, Didelot, Laborie, St.Pierre, Fialon, Mrs Rose Didelot, Mrs Hilligsberg, Mrs Laborie, Mrs D'Egville, Miss J. Hilligsberg

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