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833 results for: Keyword - F. Giardini
We found 471 matches on Author, 204 matches on Event Comments, 128 matches on Performance Comments, 60 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
07 January 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera; the music by Cimarosa [with additions by Giardini]. Under the direction of Giardini. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [see 18 May]. Subscriptions will be received at Mons Ransom, Mons Moreland and Mons Hammersley's, Pall-Mall; and of Jewell, Treasurer, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ninetta; O, Chi Dell' Altrui Si Veste, Presto Si Spoglia

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Gaetano Neri, Giacchino Costa, Fausto Borselli, Paolo Torregiani, Sga Elisabetta Borselli, Sga Sestini, Sga Marianna Laurenti (pupil to Giardini). Cast from libretto (H. Reynell, 1790): Martuffo-Neri; Putifare-Costa; Gianfabrizio-Borselli; Gabbamondo-Torregiani; Mirandolina-Sga Borselli; Stellidaura-Sga Sestini; Ninetta-Sga Marianna Laurenti.
Related Works
Related Work: Ninetta; o, Chi dell' Altrui si veste, presto si spoglia Author(s): Felice Giardini

Dance: End I: Divertisement-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro; End Opera: La Bergere des Alpes (composed by Blake)-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro, Mlle Dorival

2
13 April 1736 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Honorius

3
20 April 1742 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Meraspe O L'olimpiade

4
19 February 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah; Alexander's Feast; Grand Selection 0

Music: End Part I: 3rd concerto of Giardini on the violin-G. Ashley; End Part II: concerto on the Piano Forte-Dussek

5
08 December 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted before, a New Dramatic Opera [Bickerstaffe] the Music by Handel, Boyce, Arne, Howard, Baildon, Festing, Geminiani, Galluppi, Giardini, Paradies, Agus, Abos; with a New Overture composed by Mr Abel. Full Prices. Books of the Opera sold at theatre. [See Theatrical Review; or, Annals of the Drama, 1763, pp. 22-36: Compares Bickerstaff's opera at length with Charles Johnson's Village Opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

6
22 October 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Music by Handel, Boyce, Arne, Howard, Baildon, Festing, Geminiani, Galluppi, Giardini, Paradies, Agus, Abos &c. The Overture composed by Abel. Books of the Opera to be sold at the theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17631005

7
13 May 1767 @ The Chapel at the Foundling's Hospital, or at the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner

Event Comment: Benefit of the Charity, at the Chapel of the Lock Hospital. To begin at 12 noon. A new Oratorio. Music by Worgan. It was to hear him [Giardini] that I went (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Manasseh

Music: CConcerto on violin-Sig Giardini

8
27 April 1771 @ The Chapel at the Foundling's Hospital, or at the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner

Event Comment: Oratorio set to music by Giardini. Benefit for the Charity at the Lock Hospital Chapel. To begin precisely at 11:30 a.m. Tickets for the Gallery 10s. 6d. Bottom of the Chapel 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Music: First Violin-Giardini; After Part II: a Concerto Violin-Sga Sirmen

9
30 March 1774 @ The Chapel at the Foundling's Hospital, or at the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner

Event Comment: A Sacred Oratorio set to Music by Giardini. To begin at 12 noon at the Lock Hospital Chapel near Hyde Park corner. Benefit for the Charity. Tickets 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Giardini

10
03 April 1776 @ The Chapel at the Foundling's Hospital, or at the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner

Event Comment: An Oratorio set by Giardini. Benefit for the Lock Hospital. Tickets half a Guinea. Twelve Noon. At the Lock Hospital

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Giardini

11
30 April 1757 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. Musick composed by Felice Giardini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosmira

Related Works
Related Work: Rosmira Author(s): Felice Giardini

Dance: With new dances

12
17 April 1760 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Composed by Giardini. Doors to be open at Five O'clock. To begin at Seven O'clock precisely. [Notice repeated.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antigona

Related Works
Related Work: Antigona Author(s): Felice Giardini

Dance: Director of the Ballet: Giovanni Gallini. Dancer: Gallini, Mlle Asselin, Maranesi, Signora Provenzale

13
26 November 1763 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A serious Opera...the Musick composed by several eminent Masters. All new Dances; and New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Pit and Boxes laid together 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. and no Person admitted without Tickets, which will be deliver'd at the door. By His Majesty's Command, no Person to be admitted behind the Scenes. To begin 6:30 p.m. [Giardini the new Impresario; Spilsbury-treasurer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleonice

Related Works
Related Work: Cleonice Author(s): Felice Giardini

Dance: Director of the Dances Sg Pietro Sodi

14
10 December 1763 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: No person can be admitted without tickets which will be ddlivered at the office today. N.B. The last time of Performing this Opera. As a Parcel of Opera Tickets printed upon Cards have been stolen, with an interest to defraud Mr Giardini: this is to acquaint the Public, that no Card Tickets are admitted, but those which are indorsed by him. Any person having Purchased any of those tickets which have been stolen, upon giving information at the office shall have their money returned

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleonice

Related Works
Related Work: Cleonice Author(s): Felice Giardini

15
05 May 1764 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera composed by Giardini. With two entire new sets of Scenes at the Managers Expense. New dresses. New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Enea E Lavinia

Related Works
Related Work: Enea E Lavinia Author(s): Felice Giardini

Dance: I: Le Mariage du Village, as17640414 II: A New Dance-Fischer, Miss Auretti, Berardi, Miss Tetley

Ballet: III: Le Masquerade. As17640331

16
03 October 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Punches by Janno and F. Tench. The Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann. Watteau by Miss Robinson

17
19 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Let Polichinelles by Janno and F. Tench. II: Clown by Nivelon. III: Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann. IV: Scaramouch by Janno. V: Mock Minuet, as17331027

18
27 May 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Covent Garden Tragedy

Music: A Piece of Musick upon the Common Flute by a Gentleman, composed by Sig Valesciene

Dance: Two Pierrots by F. Tench and Davenport. Scotch Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. The Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann

19
16 September 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Coxcombs

Dance: I: Statue Dance-; End Opera: Dance-the Characters; End Dance: Hornpipe-Lepper

20
06 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Girl in Style

Dance: As17861117

21
01 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement; or, The Loves of Bengal

Dance: As17870217

22
21 April 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African

Dance: I: a Fair Scene-; Statute Dance-; End: As17920410

Song: In afterpiece: a Planxty, descriptive of Ireland If you travel the wide world all over (Morning Herald, 23 Apr.)-Johnstone in Character

23
17 February 1756 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Music-Galuppi; first performance in England. Text from Metastasio but altered by F. Vanneschi; additional airs by F. Giardini (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, p. 106.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

24
09 June 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performance Comment: Signora deAmicis, Signora Carmignani, Signora Cremonini, Signora Valescchi, Giardini, Giustinelli, Quilici, Zingoni, Tenducci.

Dance: Miss Capitani, Master Rogers

25
18 May 1750 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: At Hickford's Room, Brewer St. Benefit for Mme Cuzzoni. Burney, II, 848-49: [Giardini's] first performance in public was at a benefit concert for Cuzzoni, May the 18th...where, as this was her third arrival in this country, and she was grown old, poor, and almost deprived of voice, by age and infirmities, there was but little company; yet, when Giardini played a solo of Martini of Milan's composition, the applause was so long and loud, that I never remember to have heard such hearty and unequivocal marks of approbation at any other musical performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Performance Comment: Violin solo-Felice de Giardini first appearance in London (Deutsch, Handel, p. 691); Vocal parts-Sga Cuzzoni.
Cast
Role: Violin solo Actor: Felice de Giardini first appearance in London