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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Signor Antonio Ambrosia"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Signor Antonio Ambrosia")') 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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1802 results for: Keyword - Signor Antonio Ambrosia
We found 913 matches on Author, 797 matches on Performance Comments, 79 matches on Event Comments, 46 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
21 November 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Song: Signor Gaetano Phillipo Rochetti, being the first Time of his performing on the British Stage

27
01 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Hippisley

Dance: Signor Grimaldi, detto Gamba di Ferro, Mlle Auguste. (Being the 1st time of his appearing on the English stage.

28
03 January 1744 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alphonso

Dance: Signor and Signora Campioni will dance this Day for the first time in England

29
22 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Kemble's 1st appearance as Shylock was at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 3 Dec. 1781. In mainpiece the playbill assigns Antonio to Bensley, but "Clarke played Antonio in the room of Bensley, who was taken ill" (Morning Chronicle, 23 Jan.).] Receipts: #167 19s. 6d. (167/12/0; 0/5/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Kemble (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Gratiano-Palmer; Bassanio-Farren; Launcelot-Parsons; Duke-Packer; Lorenzo (with songs)-Williames; Antonio-Clarke [of CG]; Jessica (with a song)-Miss Wheeler; Nerissa (1st time)-Mrs Wilson; Portia-Miss E. Kemble .
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Dance: End of Act III, as17830918; End of Act IV, as17831204

30
10 December 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The New Comedy, The School for Wives, (which was to have been performed this evening) oblig'd to be deferred till tomorrow. Reddish hoarse. Paid tallow chandler's 3rd bill #44 19s. 11d.; Mr Smeltzer for men's cloaths #5; J. Stevens on note #3 3s. (Treasurer's Book). [In the bill for the first planned performance of Twelfth Night this season (namely for 4 Dec.) Antonio was to be done by Fawcett; Sir Toby by Love; and the Clown by Davies.] Receipts: #122 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Orsino-Jefferson; Antonio-Davies; Fabian-Waldron; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Sir Toby-Palmer; Malvolio-King; Sir Andrew-Dodd; Sebastian-Cautherly; Clown (with Original Epilogue song)-Vernon; Viola-Miss Younge; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Olivia (with Song)-Mrs Abington (playbill).
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

31
14 February 1785 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Clarke as Antonio, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Hull.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17841110, but Antonio-Hull .
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End of Act in of mainpiece, as17840922; End of Act IV, as17840917

32
12 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

33
19 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

34
23 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

35
26 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

36
09 February 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

37
09 March 1717 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Cast
Role: Goffredo Actor: Antonio Bernacchi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotti.
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

38
01 December 1778 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

39
08 December 1778 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

40
15 December 1778 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

41
13 May 1779 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790302End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

42
24 February 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Performance Comment: Edition of 1711 lists: Godfredo-Signora Francesca Vanini Boschi; Eustacio-Valentino Urbani; Rinaldo-Cavaliero Nicolino Grimaldi; Argantes-Gioseppe Boschi; Magician-Giuseppe Cassani; Herald-Laurence; Armida-Signora Elizabetta Pilotta Schiavonetti; Almirena-Mlle Isabella Girardeau.
Cast
Role: Godfredo Actor: Signora Francesca Vanini Boschi
Role: Armida Actor: Signora Elizabetta Pilotta Schiavonetti
Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

43
27 February 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

44
03 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

45
06 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

46
10 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

47
13 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

48
17 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

49
20 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: duBreil, Mlle leFevre, just arriv'd from Bruxelles

50
24 March 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Related Works
Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17110320