Event Comment: "The orchestra, during the whole time of representations [of the opera] has by no means been conducted with that exactness that should be expected from that band...It must be supposed that neither the
master of music at the harpsichord, nor
Mr Cramer, the leader, have influence or power enough to prevail on the band to play, or rather, to accompany, more correctly...The arias of the tenor and base [sic] have been played, or rather accompanied, too fast, and without harmony with the voices of
Morelli and
Fineschi, which being good, and they seeming to wish to sing with all possible expression, the orchestra should have accompanied accordingly.
Mme Storace, howefer, has baffled the efforts of the musicians to make her sing out of tune, quick or slow. As they fiddled, she modulated" (
Public Advertiser, 17 Jan.). Receipts: #147 12s. 6d. [non-subscription]
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Il Re Teodoro In Venezia
Dance: End I: a new ballet, The Military Dance (composed by Chevalier)-Didelot, Chevalier, Coulon, Vestris, Mlle Coulon, the two Miss Simonets, Sga Bedini, Mlle Hilligsberg; End Opera: Les Offrandes a l'Amour, as17871208