*p1800 05 22 king's Zenobia of Armenia. Principal Characters by Rovedino, Viganoni, Mme Banti. Cast from <i>Larpent MS 1294</i>: Mitrane-Rovedino; Tiridate-Viganoni; Radamisto-Benelli; Zopiro-Braghetti; Zenobia-Mme Banti; Egle-Sga Rovedino.*d1800 05 22 king's ^As18000513^.*c1800 05 22 king's Benefit for $Mme Banti=. A New Serious Opera [1st time; SER 2]. The Poetry by $Metastasio=, and the Music entirely new, composed by an English Gentleman [$Richard Edgcumbe=, $Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe=], who has obligingly lent Mme Banti the Score, and kindly consented to its being represented upon that occasion. Tickets to be had of Mme Banti, No. 24, <i>St. Alban's-street</i>. "Having granted the use of this opera to Banti only, I withdrew it immediately, and would not permit it to be again represented for the manager, who requested to have it. After this, $Roselli= sung no more, nor had we ever another soprano [i.e. castrato] at the opera [until 1825]" (Mount-Edgcumbe, 88).