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15 May 1788
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Frascatana
Dance:
End I:
New Ballet
, as17880426; with a
Pas de Deux
-Miss Harvey, Henry
Song:
In opera: the
Grand
Quintetto
(never performed in this Country)-; several beautiful parts of
music
as performed in the original Opera-
Ballet:
End Opera:
L'Amour et Psiche
. As17880129, but Hymen-Henry in place of
Chevalier
; Graces Furies and Fates-Mlle _Vedie, Miss
Harvey, _Jacolet, _Saulnier, _Sala; Didelot_; Coulon_
252
11 March 1789
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Prelude
Afterpiece Title:
Redemption 0; Triumph of Truth 0
Music:
End I oratorio:
serenata solo on harp
, as17890306End II: a new
Grand
Concerto
on the harp-Mme Krumpholtz; Conclude:
God save Great George our King
-
253
18 March 1789
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Redemption 0; Triumph Of Truth 0
Afterpiece Title:
Redemption 1
Afterpiece Title:
Redemption 2
Afterpiece Title:
Redemption 3
Music:
As17890311
254
25 March 1789
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Concerto Spirituale 0
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Concerto Spirituale 1
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Concerto Spirituale 2
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Concerto Spirituale 3
Music:
As17890311
255
05 March 1790
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Galatea; Messiah
Afterpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
Music:
End II oratorio:
concerto
on the violoncello-Mason
256
31 May 1791
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Midnight Hour
Afterpiece Title:
The Comedy of Errors
Dance:
As17910507
Song:
End:
Black Eyed Susan
-Incledon
Monologue:
After Dancing: a
Selection
of Poetry and
Music
descriptive of a day. Part I: Morning.
Tantivy the welkin resounds
(composed by
Hook
)-Mrs Martyr; PART II: Noon.
Thou soft flowing Avon
(from
Garrick
's
Ode to Shakespeare
)-Incledon; PART III: Evening.
Pastoral Duet
-Williamson, Mrs Mountain; PART IV: Night.
The Soldier's Festival
, as 16 May
How sleep the brave
(composed by
Dr Cooke
)-Incledon, Williamson, Davies, a Young Gentleman; introductory Chorus-Hull;
How stands the Glass around
-Incledon;
How merrily we live that Soldiers be
-Bannister, Incledon, Johnstone;
To arms! Britons strike home
-Bannister, Incledon, Follett, Blurton, Lee, Letteney, Reeve, Rees
257
29 February 1792
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Galatea 0; Redemption 0
Afterpiece Title:
Acis and Galatea 1
Afterpiece Title:
Acis and Galatea 2
Afterpiece Title:
A Miscellaneous Act
Music:
End I:
concerto
on the hautboy-[J.] Parke
258
07 March 1792
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Galatea 0; Redemption 0
Afterpiece Title:
Acis and Galatea 1
Afterpiece Title:
Acis and Galatea 2
Afterpiece Title:
A
Grand
Miscellaneous Act
Music:
As17920229
259
16 March 1792
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
0of Favourite Songs And Chorusses From The Works Of handel
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Selection
1
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Selection
2
Afterpiece Title:
Grand
Selection
3
260
14 April 1792
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Discordia Conjugale
Dance:
End I:
Divertisement
, as17920214
Ballet:
End Opera: [an entire new
Grand
Pantomimic Ballet (1st time; composed by
D'Auberval
music
by
Mazzinghi
]),
La Foire de Smirne; ou, Les Amans Reunis
. Pacha-D'Egville; Laboriski-Laborie; Almozadin-DeLaChapelle; Marchand d'Esclaves, Zerbero-Fialon; Hilligska-Mlle Hilligsberg; Theodora-Mme D'Auberval; Fatime-Mlle Rosine Simonet; Zelie-Mlle Leonore Simonet; Zorzi-Mlle Menage
261
20 March 1793
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Messiah
Afterpiece Title:
The Resurrection
Afterpiece Title:
A New
Grand
Selection
262
26 March 1794
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
Afterpiece Title:
ACIS AND GALATEA
Music:
End of Part I of oratorio concerto on violin by Giornovichi
263
04 April 1794
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
Of Sacred
Music:
Principal Vocal Performers, Leader, Organ omitted, but see17940307ART I. As17940312but added: Holy, holy Lord; omitted: o worse than death and Angels ever bright. PART II. As17940312but Eighth Concerto of Corelli in place of Eleventh
Grand
Concerto; omitted: O sleep. PART III. As17940312athi
264
09 April 1794
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
Of Sacred
Music:
As17940326athi
265
11 April 1794
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selection
Of Sacred
Music:
Principal Vocal Performers, Leader, Organ as17940307ART I. As17940326but added: He was eyes unto the blind; also O worse than death; Angels ever bright (THEODORA); omitted: Grateful hearts; For joys so vast; Happy they. PART II. As17940326but 6th violin concerto (composed by Giardini) by G. Ashley in place of Fourth Organ Concerto; added: Sweet Bird, accompanied on the violin by G. Ashley (L'ALLEGRO); also He rebuked the Red Sea (ISRAEL IN EGYPT); also In sweetest harmony; O fatal day (SAUL); omitted: He was eyes; He led them thro'; Ye sons of Israel; Weep, Israel, weep. PART III. As17940326but added to O liberty: accompanied on the violoncello by C. Ashley; to Let the bright: accompanied on the trumpet by Sarjant; also Sin not O King (SAUL); also So when the last (DRYDEN'S ODE); omitted: O beauteous Queen; The dead shall live
266
15 May 1794
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
Grand
Selec Tion Of
Music
From The Most Eminent Masters
Afterpiece Title:
THE
GRAND
TE DEUM, composed by Paisiello, upon the return of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, from Vienna to Naples, in the summer of 1791
267
23 June 1794
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Serva Padrona
Dance:
End of opera concerto, as17940603 after which La Vittoria (a
Grand
Cantata, composed by Paisiello, and performed by Mme Banti at Naples, adapted [by Da Ponte] to the glorious occasion of the triumph of the British flag [on 1 June 1794]), The Goddess of Victory-Mme Banti, accompanied by Chorusses, and a
grand
Allegorical Ballet, composed by Noverre; to conclude with Rule Britannia by Mme Banti
268
21 April 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Modista Raggiratrice
Dance:
Between Acts: a new Dance in the Scotch style,
Little Peggy's Love
(1st time)-Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Mlle Barre, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg [the Pantomime and Principal Steps by
Didelot
[with
music
by
Bossi
]; End Opera:
L'Amant Statue
(1st time, by
Onorati
) [with
music
by Bossi]-Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Mlle Barre, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg [
dl playbill
of 25 May adds:
Mme Vidi
]
269
29 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Woodman
Afterpiece Title:
The Prisoner at Large
Song:
End I:
The Storm
-Incledon; End: a
Grand
Harmonic
Selection
,
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon;
The Sailor Boy cap'ring on Shore
-Fawcett;
O bring me wine
-Bowden;
The Land of Potatoes
-Johnstone;
The Group of Lovers
; or,
Beauty at her Levee
-Munden;
Old Towler
-Incledon
270
17 March 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
L'allegro Ed Il Penseroso 0; Messiah 0
Afterpiece Title:
L'Allegro ed Il Penseroso 3
Music:
End I:
concerto
on the
Grand
Piano Forte-Miss MacArthur; End II:
concerto
on the clarionet-John Mahon
271
28 November 1797
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Ipermestra
Dance:
End I: Divertisement, composed by
Gallet
[with
music
by
Bossi
]
L'Offrande a Terpsichore
-Didelot, Mme Rose, Laborie (1st appearance in this country since 1790 [recte 1792]), Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mme Laborie
Ballet:
End Opera: a new
Grand
, Heroic, Pastoral Ballet, composed by
Gallet
[with
music
by
Bossi
]
Ariadne et Bacchus
. Bacchus-Laborie; Ariadne-Mme Laborie; Silenus-Blake; Cupid-Master Menage; Followers of Bacchus-Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Didelot, Mme Rose. [And see
dl
, 9 May 1798.
272
06 February 1798
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Evelina
Dance:
End I:
L'Offrande a Terpsichore
-, as17971202; End Opera: [a new
grand
Ballet, composed by
Gallet
with
music
by
Bossi
],
Constante et Alcidonis
- [but review in
Morning Chronicle
, 7 Feb., refers to Didelot, Mme Rose, Laborie, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg
273
19 January 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Cid
Dance:
End of Opera: A
Grand
Serious Ballet
, with a
Pas de deux, and a+
Grand
Chaconne
-Mlle Heinel, Fierville, etc
274
05 April 1781
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Fraschetana
Dance:
End I:
The Fortunate Escape
, as17801216; End II:
Grand
Serious Ballet
, as17810315
Pas@Solo
, as17810315
Pas de Deux
, as17810315
Grand
Chaconne
, as17810315End Opera:
Les Amans Surpris
, as17801216
Song:
Act II: the favourite
song
in
Il Barone di Torre Forte
-Sga Sestini
275
May 1696
@ May Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King William's Happy Deliverance And Glorious Triumph Over His Enemies; Or, The Consultation Of The Pope, Devil, French King And The
Grand
Turk , With The Whole Form Of The siege Of Namurv, And The Humours Of A
renegade French-man
And
brandy Jean
, With The Conceits Of A
scaramouch
And
harlequin
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