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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sg and Sga Zuchelli"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sg and Sga Zuchelli")') 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 945 matches on Performance Comments, 728 matches on Performance Title, 395 matches on Roles/Actors, 253 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: A Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: Dance of Spirits, as17770104, but Mlle _Dupre, Sga +Ricci; In IV: +The Chaconne, as17770405

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Clarke
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End II: a New Dance, The Serenade-Bishop, Sga Tinte; in which the Minuet de la cour-; End: Pastoral Dance, as17761123; End I afterpiece: a Minuet-Bishop, A Young Lady (his Scholar)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. Public Advertiser, 16 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay at Sandhill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 12, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Holloway, Great Maddox-street, Hanover-square. Receipts: #263 15s. (69.2; tickets: 194.13) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Dance: End III: Minuet de la Cour, Allemande-Mr and Mrs Holloway; End IV: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770215; End: a Minuet-Dumay, Sga Tinte; Afterpiece: Rural Dance, as17770121

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Poney Races-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Master Dagueville, Miss Ross, Sga Tinte

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: St

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End II: La Soiree a@la@Mode-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Sga Tinte

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: St

Dance: End: new dance, The Garden of Love-Dagueville, Master Holland, Master Dagueville, Miss Simonet, Sga Tinte

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #282 9s. (281.1; 1.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: End III: The Garden of Love-Dagueville, Sga Tinte; End IV: a new Dance, The Cricketters-Aldridge, Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Besford, Miss Nichols, Miss Valois

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera [1st time; SER 3, by Giovanni de Gamerra]. With grand Chorusses. The Music entirely new by Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Erifile

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Roncaglia, Adamberger, Coppola, Sga Prudom, Sga Danzi. Cast from libretto (T. Cadell, 1778): Cleomene-Francesco Roncaglia; Learco-Valentino Adamberger; Cresfonte-Giuseppe Coppola; Ermione-Sga Prudom; Erifile-Sga Francesca Danzi.

Dance: End I: La Polonaise Favourite, as17780131; End II: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End Opera: Divertisement-Mons and Mlle Banti, Vallouy@le@cadet, Mlle Baccelli

Song: In II: Air-Sga Danzi; accompanied on the Hautboy-LeBrun. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Sga Tinte

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Miss Ross, Sga Tinte

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End II: The Poney Races-Dagueville, Sga Tinte

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Clarke; Buckingham-Wroughton; Crammer-Hull; Lord Chamberlain-Lee Lewes; Cromwell-Farren; Gardiner-Wilson; Lord Sands-Quick; Norfolk-Peile; Suffolk-Booth; Abergavenny-R.? Smith; Cardinal Wolsey-Digges; Anne Bullen-Mrs Morton; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Farrell; Queen Catherine-Miss Younge (of dl).
Cast
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Quick

Dance: I: The Banquet, with Dancing-Dagueville, Sga Tinte

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Wright; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Vernon; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Ariel-Miss Field; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Kenny, Philimore, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith, Mrs Granger, Miss Coats.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: II: New Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: [Delpini's 1st appearance in England was at cg, in pantomime, 26 Dec. 1776. And see cg, 6 Oct. 1779.] Receipts: #183 12s. 6d. (133.12.0; 49.19.6; 0.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: End IV:new Comic Pantomime Dance (composed by Delpini) The Sportsman Deceiv'd-Delpini (1st appearance as a dancer in England), Menage, the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #258 15s. 6d. (242.11.0: 15.18.0; 0.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: As17791210Delpini, Menage, the Miss Stageldoirs, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties."The croud was so great at Drury-lane playhouse, to see the young prince William in his naval uniform, that it was found necessary to throw a kind of bridge from the stage to the pit to liberate several people, who otherwise must have perished in the throng" (Gentleman's Magazine, Mar. 1780, P. 151). Receipts: #271 14s. (259.13; 9.6; 2.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Grand New Dance, as17800228, but Sga _Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Cast
Role: Semplicina Actor: Sga Pozzi
Role: Lisandrina Actor: Sga Prudom
Role: Ottavina Actor: Sga Bernasconi.
Related Works
Related Work: L'Amore Soldato Author(s): Antonio Andrei

Dance: End I: Il Desertore, as17791214; End II: Chaconne of Jomelli's-Favre Guiardele, Mlle Baccelli, Sga Tantini; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800122

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Dutch Quaker-Traffieri, Henry, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Cupid Actor: Sga Romanzini
Role: and specifies Honour Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: As17811019, but Sga Prudom in place of Mrs Wrighten; omitted: Miss Phillips, Miss Stageldoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Viganoni, Morigi, Manzoletto, Micheli; Sga Lorenzini, Sga Salpietro, Sga Allcgranti. [Cast from libretto (H. Reynell, 1782): Giannetto-Viganoni; Patterio-Morigi; Don Gastone-Manzoletto; Pasquino-Micheli; Isabella-Sga Lorenzini; Lauretta-Sga Salpietro; Bettina-Sga Allegranti.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement Dance, as17811117, but added: Pas Seal, as17811120; End of Act II a new Ballet Anacreontique (composed by Noverre), Les Petits Riens, by Gardel, Mmc Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Baccelli, Slingsby, Mlle Theodore, Henry, Sga Crespi, &c. The Music entirely new by Barthelemon

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Vlaggiatori Felici

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act II Les King's Peeks Mens, as17811211, but added: Bournonville, Raymond; omitted: Mme Simonet, Slingsby, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: An Historical Account of the Ballet to be sold at the Theatre. [Lynham, 166: Armida danced by Mlle Theodore. Scenario (Milan, 1775) lists the parts: Renaud, Le Chevalier Danois, Ubalde, Armide, Lucinde; Esprits: Plaisir, Nymphc, Nayades, L'Amour, Les Graces, La Haine, La Vengeance, La Fureur. Public Advertiser, 25 Feb.: The music by Le Brun. Ibid., 27 Feb.: The duration of [the ballet] is about 55 minutes; and during that whole period the performance appeared perfect in all its parts; nothing was too much, nothing was wanting.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Vlaggiatori Felici

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17811128; End of Act II a new Pantomime Ballet (composed by Noverre), Rinaldo and Armida, by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Mlle Baccelli, Simonet, Leger, Sga Crespi, &c

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst
Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Theodore. [Scenario of new ballet (Vienna, c. 1773) lists the parts: Colin, Herpin, Le Baillif, Clitandre, Lucas, Julie, Mathurine, Javotte, Climene, Lisette.] Tickets to be had of Mlle Theodore, No. 39, Tichfieldstreet, Portland Chapel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Cast
Role: Clarice Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Tancia Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Sandrina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: In the Masquerade Scene a Minuet by Mlle Theodore and Nivelon; End of Act I Le Triomphe de l'Amour Conjugal, as17820110; End of Act II a new Ballet (composed by Noverre), La Rosihe de Salency, by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Leger, Henry, Bournonville, Olivier, Miss Simonet, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: Benefit for Noverre. Tickets, half-a-guinea each, to be had of Noverre, No. 40, Great Marlborough-street. 1st ballet: The Music entirely new, composed by Le Brun. [Scenario(Milan, 1774) lists the parts: Guillaume, Raymond, Alphonse, Renaud, Adele, Alise, Beatrix, Isabellc, Eleonore. In 2nd ballet Jason to be danced by Gardel (Morning Herald, n Apr.); the overture by Gluck, and rest of the music by Noferi (Public Advertiser, 12 Apr.).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I an entirely new Ballet, composed by Noverre, Adela of Pontbieu (the subject taken from the History of ancient Chivalry), by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Simonet, Sga Crespi, Mlle Baccelli; End of Opera Medea and Jason, as originally composed by Noverre, by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Simonet, Mlle Theodore, Mlle Baccelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I New Dance, as17820507, but omitted: Sga Crespi; End of Act II Medea and Jason, as17820411