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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Turner Robinson. Tickets half a guinea. Gallery Box 5s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Overture for French Horns, Hautboys, and Violins by Gasperini-; Three Airs-Mrs Robinson; Concerto by Corelli-Castrucci, Claudio, Pepo; Three Airs-Mrs Robinson; Solo for Hautboy-Kytch; Cantata by Handel-Mrs Robinson; New Concerto with French Horns by Handel-; Three Airs-Mrs Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Pieto. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. Gallery 5s. At 7 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Event Comment: [Text by Haym. Music by Handel.] Pit and Boxes at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. By Reason of the shortness of the Opera, to begin exactly at Eight a-Clock

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Mainpiece Title: Flavius

Event Comment: Benefit John Clegg, a Youth of Nine Years of Age, lately arriv'd from Ireland. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. Gallery 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Violin-John Clegg; Concert-Kytch

Event Comment: [Music by Bononcini.] Tickets half a guinea. An in Regard to the Increase in the Number of Subscribers, no more than Three Hundred and Fifty Tickers will be delivered out. Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Pharnaces

Event Comment: [Text by Haym. Music by Ariosti.] Pit and Boxes half a guinea (not over 340 tickets). Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vespasian

Event Comment: Benefit Corbet, lately arriv'd from Italy, being the first Time of his Performance. By Subscription. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. Gallery 4s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: viol de Vevere a particular New Instrument, never yet heard of in England, after the New Manner of Signiora Faustina-Corbet

Event Comment: [By William Philips.] Receipts: #26 19s. 6d. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 18 April: But how contemptible an Opinion must the next Generation have of this Age, if it should be known amongst them; that the first Night this Tragedy appear'd upon the Stage, it did not Bring half a House, because it happen'd to be upon a Masquerade Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Belisarius

Event Comment: [Text by A. Piovene, adapted by N. F. Haym. Music by Handel.] Tickets half a guinea each. And in Regard to the Number of Subscribers, no more than Three Hundred and Forty Tickets will be deliver'd out. N.B. No Tickets will be given out at the Door, nor any Persons whatever admitted for Money. Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Event Comment: With several Additionals and Alterations. Admission to Boxes and Pit by Tickets only (not to exceed 350) at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elpidia Or The Generous Rivals

Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti. Admission: half a guinea and 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; most of the celebrated Songs in our new Operas-Signor Rochetti; and several others lately brought from Italy. And the Instrumental Parts-best Hands from the Opera

Event Comment: Boxes half a guinea. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: French Consort of Musick-two Ladies who have had the Honour to sing in several Courts of Europe with great Applause

Event Comment: [Music by Ariosti. Text by Zeno.] Boxes and Pit by Ticket only (not to exceed 340) at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius Verus

Event Comment: Admission of Tickets (not to exceed 360) at half a guinea each. Gallery 5s. At 6p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admetus

Event Comment: [Text by P. A. Rolli. Music by Handel.] Admission by Ticket only (not more than 400) at half a guinea. Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First King Of England

Event Comment: Boxes and Pit put together (not over 400 Tickets) at half a guinea. Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

Event Comment: Benefit Francisco Weber. At 7 p.m. Tickets half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Solos on Lute-Weber; Mandolino Concerto-; Violin concerto-Debourg

Event Comment: LL. Granom's Weekly Concerts of Musick. [To begin this day. Each subscriber may have two printed tickets for each night for ladies only at a half guinea for the two tickets. At 7 p.m. To be continued on Saturdays.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Kontzen, a Youth of Seven Years old, who plays on the Harpsichord in a surpizing manner. Boxes half a guinea. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Pieces on Harpsichord-the Youth [Kontzen]; Some Sonatas and Concertos on the Violin-Kontzen's Father; accompanied on the Harpsichord-the Youth; Cantata-the Youth; [Also a Cantata-one lately arrived in England

Event Comment: Benefit an Italian Lady. Tickets a half guinea. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Event Comment: At 7 p.m. Tickets half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Particularly several Pieces on Hautboy the famous-Sig St.Martin of Milan, just arrived from the Court of Brussels

Event Comment: Benefit Ray. At the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. At Reynold's Booth in the Half-Moon-Inn, near the Bowling Green. At 7 P.M. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Event Comment: [Text altered from A. Salvi. Music by Handel.] Pit and Boxes by Tickets only at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. At 6 p.m. [Customary notices.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lotharius

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Cecilia Young, a Scholar of Signor Geminiani, who never yet sung in Publick. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6d. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Event Comment: Pit and Boxes together by ticket at half a guineas. Gallery 5s. [customary charges]. [The Royal Family present.] Universal Spectator, 7 Nov.: On Tuesday Night...at...Scipio...there was 208l. in the House exclusive of the Subscribers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio