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1696 results for: Keyword - Antonio Sacchini
We found 913 matches on Author, 753 matches on Performance Comments, 61 matches on Event Comments, 14 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
24 November 1778 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera. The music entirely new by Sacchini. With entire new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations both for the Opera and Dances. Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. 2nd Gallery 3s. By Their Majesties' Command, no person can be admitted behind the Scenes. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [see 5 June 1779]. To prevent Inconvenience to the Nobility and Gentry in getting to their Carriages they are respectfully intreated to give positive orders to their Servants to set down and take up with their Horses Heads towards Pall-mall. The door in Market Lane for Chairs only. Public Advertiser, 31 Oct.: To prevent mistakes Ladies who have not honoured the Director with the names of the Subscribers to their Boxes are particularly requested to send them as early as possible to Johnson, at the Office of the Theatre, in order to [permit] their Tickets being engraved. The Renters' Shares proposed to be granted on this Theatre are now made out, and particulars prepared, at Messrs Wallis and Parker's, Norfolk-street, Strand, who are impowered by the Proprietors to dispose in single Shares of those which remain unsubscribed for. The annual Subscriptions are receiving by Johnson at the Office of the Theatre in Union-court, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Jermoli, Rossi, Rovedino, Sga Jermoli, Sga Pozzi, Sga Sestini. Cast from libretto (G. Bigg, 1778): Gervasio-Jermoli; Calandrano-Antonio Rossi; Agapito-Carlo Rovedino; Modesta-Sga Jermoli; Lazzarina-Sga Pozzi; Zerbinetta-Sga Sestini.
Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: With new Dances composed by Simonet. End II: La Noche Hollandoise-Banti, Zuchelli, Slingsby, Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tinti; End Opera: a new grand Serious Ballet, Les Nymphes de Diane; ou, L'Amour Faune-Mons Simonet, Mme Simonet, Banti, Sga Tinti

Ballet: End I: new Pantomime Ballet Annette et Lubin. Bailly-LeDet; Sig. du Village-Simonet; Lubin-Slingsby; Annette-Mme Simonet; unassigned-Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli

2
19 January 1773 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new serious opera, music entirely new, by Antonio? Sacchini. Text by G. G. Bottarelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Cid

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Related Work: Il Cid Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End of Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet, with a Pas de deux, and a+Grand Chaconne-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, etc

3
08 November 1777 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Serious Opera; the Music entirely new by Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creso

Related Works
Related Work: Creso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: New Ballet, as17771104; End II: Le Devin du Village, as17771104; End Opera: La Polonaise Favourite, as17771104

4
07 February 1778 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera [1st time; SER 3, by Giovanni de Gamerra]. With grand Chorusses. The Music entirely new by Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Erifile

Related Works
Related Work: Erifile Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: La Polonaise Favourite, as17780131; End II: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End Opera: Divertisement-Mons and Mlle Banti, Vallouy@le@cadet, Mlle Baccelli

Song: In II: Air-Sga Danzi; accompanied on the Hautboy-LeBrun. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

5
13 May 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sacchini. Tickets to be had of Sacchini, No. 5, Whitcomb-street, Leicester Fields. Opera: With some Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790302End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

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05 May 1778 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Comic Opera [1st time; COM 3, by Antonio Andrei]. The Music entirely new by Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Related Works
Related Work: L'Amore Soldato Author(s): Antonio AndreiAntonio Sacchini

Dance: As17780331nd I: Masquerade Dance; End II: La Surprize de Daphnis et Cephise; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee.

Ballet: End II: La Surprize de Daphnis et Cephise. As17780331

7
02 March 1782 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Comic Opera in 2 acts; The Music by Sacchini. [Opera in place of I Viaggiatori Felici, announced in Public Advertiser, 1 Mar. Nonini, who is unidentified, was from the Opera, Lisbon.] Public Advertiser, 6 Apr.: To the credit of Sacchini, it is the best Burletta extant. It is in all parts excellent . . . while it amuses, it does not fail equally to interest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Related Works
Related Work: La Contadina in Corte Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement Dance, as17820214; End of Act II Le Triomphe de l'Amour Conjugal, as17820110

8
14 March 1771 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Ristorini. A new Opera. Music by Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Related Works
Related Work: La Contadina in Corte Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

9
06 May 1773 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Serious Opera. The Music entirely new composed by Sacchini. The whole entirely new dressed agreeable to the opera and dances. And a new scene for the opera and last dance painted by M. Munich. The great preparations making for the opera have rendered it impossible to perform it till this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlano

Related Works
Related Work: Tamerlano Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End Opera: Les Tartare-Mlle Heinel, Fierville

10
20 November 1773 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Music by Sacchini and other celebrated composers. The Dances under the direction of Pitrot. With New Cloaths, Scenes and other Decorations. Pit and Boxes Half a Guinea; Gallery 5s.; Second Gallery 3s. Doors to open at 5:30. To begin at 7:00 p.m. N.B. Fierville having unfortunately sprained his ankle by a fall at the rehearsal yesterday...Mariottini, who never appeared in England before, has kindly undertaken to supply his place. The Managers beg leave to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that Mesdames Favier having arrived from Florence, but being indisposed from the great fatigue of the journey are incapable of dancing this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Related Works
Related Work: Lucio Vero Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: I: Grand Comic Pantomime Ballet, call'd La Bagatelle-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, other principals; II: A Pastoral Dance with a Pas de Trois, de Deux-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; End Opera: A Grand Serious Ballet-; with a Grand Chaconne-Fierville

Entertainment: A Poetical Exordium-Mrs Yates [In which she proposed to intermix plays and operas this season. (Burney, II, 879, notes she could not get permission.)]

11
29 January 1774 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Serious opera with Grand Choruses, Music entirely new composed by Sacchini. The Dances composed by Pitrot

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Perseo

Related Works
Related Work: Perseo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: I: Pastoral Ballet-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; II: Serious Ballet-a Young Lady (Scholar of Tassoni, first appearance); End Opera: Adventures of the Harem of Ispahan-a Grand Persian pantomime ballet-Pitrot, Mimi Faviere, Mlle Faviere, Sga Mazzoni, Bocchinini, Mariottini

12
12 March 1776 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new comic Opera. The Music by Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'isola D'amore

Related Works
Related Work: L'Isola D'Amore Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: I: Diane et Endymion Endymion-Fierville, Diane Mlle Baccelli; Une Bergere-Mlle Sophie; II: La Fete du Village, as17760224

Ballet: End Opera: Astolphedans L'ile de Alcine. Astolphe-Fierville; Alcine-Mlle Baccelli; Helm; Mlle Sophie

13
14 December 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A new Comic Opera (in 2 acts); the music by Sacchini. Afterpiece: A serious Opera [1st time; SER I, author unknown; a pasticcio]. The music selected from several eminent Composers [BUC lists only Bertoni]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Related Works
Related Work: La Contadina in Corte Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Afterpiece Title: Il Soldano Generoso

Related Works
Related Work: Il Soldano Generoso Author(s): Antonio Andrei

Dance: End I: new Pantomime Dance (composed by Zuchelli) Il Desertore-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, young Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet; End II: a grand Masquerade Dance-the other partsSg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tantini, Henry, Slingsby; in which a Chaconne(in character by the various Masks)-; and which will open with a Minuet-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet (1st appearance this season); End afterpiece: new Grand Balletconnected with the Opera-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Sga Tantini, Slingsby

14
08 February 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Opera: With Improvements; the Music by Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Related Works
Related Work: L'Amore Soldato Author(s): Antonio AndreiAntonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: Il Desertore, as17791214; End II: Masquerade Dance, as17791221; Minuet, as17791221; End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet, as17791127, but _Slingsby, Mlle Baccelli

15
22 April 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera; the music entirely new by Sacchini. [It was 1st performed at Milan in 1772 as Armida.The playbill erroneously lists Rovedino, whose last performance this season was on 18 Mar. In all subsequent playbills of Rinaldo his name is omitted.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: Three new Ballets composed by Favre Guiardele. End I: The Rural Sports-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet, Sga Crespi; End II: La Fete Pastorale-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Sga Tantini; with a Pas Seul-Mlle Baccelli; accompanied on the guitar-Noferi; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800122, but Mme Simonet, Sga +Tantini; +Grand Chaconne by Floquet-

16
23 December 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A Serious Opera; the Music by Sacchini. [This was Sga Lorenzini's 1st appearance in England.] Public Advertiser, 25 Dec.: The spirit of Vestris seems to diffuse itself throughout the whole Body of Dancers at this Theatre; even the Figurants acquit themselves in a manner that deserves the encouragement of the Public

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17801219

17
23 January 1781 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera [1st time; SER 3, author unknown]. The Music entirely new composed by Sacchini. With entire new Scenes, new Dresses and Decorations both for the Opera and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mitridate

Related Works
Related Work: Mitridate Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: The Pert Country Maid, as17810113; End II: a new serious Ballet (composed by Simonet) The Nymphs of Diana-Vestris? Jun., Mlle Baccelli, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi, Miss Simonet, Mme Simonet; End Opera: a new grand Ballet half-character (composed by Simonet) The Rural Sports-Vestris? Jun., Mlle Baccelli, Henry, Sga Crespi, Traffieri, Slingsby, Sga Tantini

18
21 March 1786 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A revived Serious Opera, with Grand Chorusses, New Dresses and Decorations; the Music by Sacchini. "In the second act [Mme Mara, who sang Andromeda] was encored in a song of Bravura . .. The amazing extent of her voice never appeared in a more conspicuous light... As to the Chorusses, we understand that they were under the immediate direction of Mme Mara, which accounts for the uncommon precision with which they were executed" (General Advertiser, 22 Mar.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Perseo

Related Works
Related Work: Perseo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement Villageois, as17860218; End of Act II Dance incidental to the Opera by Henry, Duquesney Qun.], the two Mlles Simonet; End of Opera New Divertissement, as17860311athi

19
10 January 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New, Grand, Serious Opera, with Chorusses (1st time [in London; 1st performed at Paris, 1788, as Arvire et Evelina]). The Music by Sacchini (being his last Work). With entirely new Scenes (painted by Greenwood), Dresses and Decorations. Books of the Opera may be had at the Office of the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Evelina

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Related Work: Evelina Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: Divertissement-Didelot, Mme Rose, Mlle Parisot; End Opera: Apollon Berger-Mlle Parisot, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Gentili, Mme Rose

20
05 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Performance Comment: Goffredo-Antonio Bernacchi; Almirena-Mrs Robinson; Rinaldo-Cavaliero Nicolini Grimaldi; Argantis-Gaetano Berenstatt, lately arriv'd; Armida-Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

21
06 April 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Goffredo-Annibale Pio Fabri; Almirena-Signora Anna StradadelPo; Rinaldo-Francesco Bernardi called Senesino; Armida-Signora Antonio Merighi; Argante-Signora Francesca Bertolli; Mago-Giovanni Giuseppe Commano.
Cast
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Antonio Merighi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

22
12 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

23
19 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

24
23 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

25
26 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini