SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Champness"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Champness")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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We found 350 matches on Roles/Actors, 77 matches on Performance Comments, 11 matches on Performance Title, 11 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Paradise Lost

Performance Comment: Gabriel-; Ithuriel-; Zeph-; Uriel-; Adam-; Eve-; Uzziel-; Michael-; The edition of 1760 lists singers asSga Frasi, Miss Young, Miss Brent, Beard, Champness. The edition of 1760 lists singers asSga Frasi, Miss Young, Miss Brent, Beard, Champness.

Music: Concerto On Organ-Stanley; Solo on Violin-Giardini

Event Comment: Benefit for Champness. House charges #64 17s. [Profit to Champness #12 6d. plus tickets.] Paid 3 extra Hautboys 15s.; Chorus singers #2 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #80 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London, Tombs of Westminster-Vernon

Event Comment: Benefit for Champness and Mrs Scott. Receipts: #125 13s. 6d. Charges: #37 12s. 6d. Profits to Champness & Mrs Scott: #88 1s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of the Turf

Song: II: A Song-Mrs Scott; V: The Favourite Song of Mad Bess, composed by Purcell-Mrs Scott

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-A Child seven years old, a scholar of Sg Tassoni, her 1st appearance

Event Comment: Benefit for Marr, Gray, Champness, and Harrison. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage door. N.B. Tickets sold by the Orange@women at the doors will not be taken. Receipts. #148 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: HHornpipe-Harrison

Ballet: DDrunken Peasant. Peasant-Harrison; Clown-Master Shawford

Music: Concerto on the Flute-the Child, as17480917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: [Deutsch, Handel, pp. 750-52, lists 33 musicians, 18 singers, five servants, plus a number of organ blowers, porters, and constables who put on this performance. Among the singers the following from the theatres and the opera performed: Beard, Giulia Frasi, Sga Galli, Christina Passerini, Wass, Baildon, and Baildon Jr Champness, Wilder, Dupre, Walz, Cox, and Legg.]
Event Comment: The Music for the afterpiece compos'd by Mr Stanley, with a Hunting Song (never perform'd before) by the late Mr Handel. Books of the Entertainment to be sold at the Theatre at 6d. each. [Afterpiece: a short simple compliment to their Majesties on their nuptials (Biographia Dramatica). MacMillan suggests parts for afterpiece: Dametas-$Champness; Damon-$Lowe; Priest-$Fawcett; Phebe, Delia-$Miss Young; Sylvia-$Mrs Vincent.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Arcadia; or, The Shepherd's Wedding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sacrifice; Or, The Death Of Abel

Performance Comment: Principal singers: Tenducci, Aynscombe, Champness, Master Johnson, Miss Thomas and Miss Brent.

Music: CConcerto on Violin-Pinto; Concerto on Hautboy-Simpson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coronation Anthem, God Save The King

Afterpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Performers-Harrison, Pearson (Principal Alto at the Concert of Ancient Music), Griffiths, Champness, Sale (Principal Basses at the Concert of Ancient Music), Miss Cantelo, Sga Storace; Among the Instrumental Performers-Richards (Leader of the Band), Ashley, Ashley's Sons, Sperati, Patria, Sarjant, Gariboldi, Boyce, Knyvett (Organ).

Music: End Part I Oratorio: concerto on the violin [by Viotti (World, 28 Feb.)]-Mme Gautherot (from Paris; 2nd public performance in this Kingdom)