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5443 results for: Keyword - Opera House at Turin
We found 3079 matches on Event Comments, 2569 matches on Performance Title, 271 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3151
18 January 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Printed books of the opera will be sold at the theatre. Published this day at 1s. Lo Studente A La Moda, dramma comicogiocoso, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. With an English Translation. Sold by H. Woodfall...Where may be had Gli Amanti Gelosi, with an English translation. [Opera in there acts in Italian and French. Larpent MS 103. Altered from A. Polomba La Violante. Music by G. B. Pergolesi. Rich applied to the Duke of Grafton (9 Jan.) for license to perform it.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lo Studente A La Moda

Dance: Entertainment-[unspecified]

3152
29 January 1754 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera Composed by Hasse. [Revived with Alterations (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

3153
04 March 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Marina Giordani. Full Prices (Cross). A new Italian Comic Opera. The Music composed by Balthazar Galuppi. Ladies desired to send servants by Half an Hour after Three. This day publish'd at 1s. La Cameriera Accorta, Opera Comico, per Musica, as it is acted at Covent Garden. With an English Translation. Sold by H. Woodfall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Cameriera Accorta

Afterpiece Title: Enterntainment

Dance: [Unspecified.]

3154
23 April 1754 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. First performance in England. The Musick composed by Jomelli; text-Metastasio (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, p. 112)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Attilio Regolo

3155
18 November 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Play a New Italian Burletta. The first performance in England. Libertto by Goldoni; Music by Galuppi (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, p. 107). Books of the Opera will be sold at the theatre. Ladies send servants by half past three. Nothing but full prices will be taken during the performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'arcadia In Brenta

3156
16 January 1755 @ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho

Event Comment: At Mr Ogle's Great Room, Dean St., Soho. A Pastoral Opera [by John Hoadley] set by Dr Green. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s. Books of the Opera at places of Performance at 6d. Benefit for Robinson, organist of Westminster Abbey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phoebe

3157
09 September 1755 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Charles; Jobson-Quelch; Cook-Pinner; Coachman-Venables; Butler-Blakey; Conjurer-Metteer; Footman-Turner; Fidler-May; Lettice-Mrs Chetwood; Betty-Miss Davies; Lady Loverule-Mrs Quelch; Nell-Miss Cary [who acted Polly in the Beggar's Opera, her second on any stage but see17550821 and 25 Aug. and 28 Aug.].who acted Polly in the Beggar's Opera, her second on any stage but see17550821 and 25 Aug. and 28 Aug.].

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Walker; III: Pierots Dance-; IV: Hornpipe-a small jolly Tar but seven years old, who never appeared on any Stage before; End: La Dance du Village-

3158
11 November 1755 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Musick composed by Jomelli. Pit and Boxes 1!2 guinea. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. By His Majesty's Command, no Person admitted behind the Scenes. [Repeated in the bills.] The Subscribers to the Operas for the ensuing Season, are desir'd to pay their Subscription money to Mr Crawford, Treasurer of the said Theatre. Pit Tickets, for Tuesdays only, 15 Tickets for five Guineas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andromaca

Dance: With new Dances- [repeated several times]

3159
10 February 1756 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. [But not performed.] 'Twas with inexpressible Concern that Mr Vanneschi found the Nobility and Gentry disappointed last Night, by the new Opera's not being then performed; a circumstance wholly owing to Sig Ricciarelli's being, on a sudden, taken extremely ill Yesterday, at an hour too late for its being made known to the Public (Public Advertiser, 11 Feb.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

3160
11 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Compos'd by Mr Smith--the Introduction, which was a Dialogue in Prose, between Mr Havard & Yates, Much hiss'd & dislik'd. The Opera had great Applause. Miss Young recover'd (Cross). The Opera never performed before with songs from Shakespear, Dryden, &c. The Music by Mr Smith. [The Bill lists no cast or actors. The cast has been retrieved by Hogan from the 1756 ed. plus the musical score published by J. Walsh. Note some parts were doubled. See "Shakespeare's Tempest at Drury Lane During Garrick's Management", G. W. Stone Jr, Shakespeare Quarterly, Winter 1956.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

3161
18 January 1757 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. Musick composed by Signor Hasse. Application by Regina Mingotti, Manager of ye Operas (Larpent MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Re Pastore

Dance: Withnew Dances-

3162
31 May 1757 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. The Musick by Sig Baldassare Galuppi. [Mingotti had been advertising for subscriptions for next season but now Vanneschi announces that he was secured the licence for next year from the Lord Chamberlain and he is the new Director of the operas (Daily Advertiser).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Euristeo

Dance: With New dances-

3163
28 April 1761 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: First performance in England. A new comic Opera. Music-Bertoni, author of the favourite song Ah se un Cuor Barbaro, in Demetrio. [Libretto by Goldoni (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, p. 110.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Pescatrici

3164
16 September 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Old Rents-Sparks; Hearty-Beard; Springlove-Clarke; Randal-Dunstall; Oliver-Dyer; Justice Clack-Shuter; Hilliard-Baker; Vincent-Mattocks; Meriel-Mrs Vincent; Amie-Miss Young; Rachel-Miss Brent; with the Beggars-; other dances incident to the Opera-.
Cast
Role: other dances incident to the Opera Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

3165
21 November 1761 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: N.B. The Comic operas will be performed for the future, on Mondays instead of Tuesday, and the Serious operas are to continue on Saturdays as usual

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alessandro Nell Indie

3166
29 March 1762 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: N.B. Sg Paganini being taken very ill is the reason of the above Opera being performed this evening instead of the new Comic Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

3167
29 September 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Old@Rents-Sparks; Hearty-Beard; Springlove-Clarke; Justice Clack-Shuter; Randal-Dunstall; Oliver-Dyer; Hilliard-Baker; Vincent-Mattocks; Amie-Miss Miller; Meriel-Mrs Vincent; Rachel-Miss Brent; With The Beggars, other Dances-Incident to the Opera.
Cast
Role: other Dances Actor: Incident to the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

3168
13 December 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Books of the Opera will be sold at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Dances Incident to the Opera Actor: Maranesi, Miss Twist.

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

3169
02 February 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17630118, but dances incident to the opera-Granier, Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: dances incident to the opera Actor: Granier, Miss Twist.
Role: Dances Incident to the Opera Actor: Maranesi, Miss Twist.

Dance: II: The Dutch Skippers, as17630101

3170
31 May 1763 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: As Signora Mattei will leave England soon after the Operas are over; and as Mr Crawford will have no further concern with the Management of Operas, all the Cloaths used in the Burlettas and Dances, with many other articles, being his own Property and that of Signora Mattei's, will be sold. The particulars of which may be had of Mr Crawford at the finishing of the season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zanaida

3171
11 October 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Old Rents-Gibson; Hearty-Beard; Springlove-Clarke; Justice Clack-Shuter; Randal-Dunstall; Oliver-Dyer; Hilliard-Baker; Vincent-Mattocks; Amie-Miss Miller; Meriel-Mrs Vincent; Rachel-Miss Brent; Dances-incident to the opera.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: incident to the opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

3172
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

3173
21 February 1764 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera composed by Signor Perez and Signor Piccini, except a few new Airs. N.B. In this opera a new performer lately arrived from abroad will make her first appearance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Senocrita

Dance: I: As17640214; II: New Dance-Bernardi, Marcucci; II: Le Marriage du Village-Duberval, Miss Auretti

3174
26 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Old Rents-Gibson; Hearty-Beard; Springlove-Clarke; Clack-Shuter; Randal-Holtom; Hilliard-Baker; Oliver-Dyer; Vincent-Mattocks; Amie-Miss Miller; Meriel-Mrs Vincent; Rachel-Miss Brent; the Dances-incident to the opera.
Cast
Role: the Dances Actor: incident to the opera.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

3175
31 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Books of the Opera to be sold at the Theatre. Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Dances incident to the Opera Actor: Leppie, Miss Twist.

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17641001