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27 November 1736

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1736-1737
Volume: 3
Comments: MMrs Pendarves, 27 Nov.: They [The king's] have Farinelli, Merighi, with no sound in her voice, but thundering action-a beauty with no other merit; and one Chimenti, a tolerable good woman with a pretty voice, and Montagnana, who roars as usual! With this band of singers, and dull Italian operas, such as you almost fall asleep at, they presume to rival Handel-who has Strada, that sings better than ever she did; Gizziello, who is much improved since last year; and Annabali, who has the best part of Senesino's voice and Caristini's, with a prodigious fine taste and good action! We have had Alcina, and Atalanta, which is acted tonight for the last night with the fireworks....Mrs Porter acts three times a week; I have made a party to go next week; she is the only support of the stage, the house is crammed whenever she acts.-Delany, Autobiography, I, 5578-79

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pt?cg Atalanta. *ct?cg $MMrs Pendarves=, 27 Nov.: They [The <i>king's</i>] have $Farinelli=, $Merighi=, with <i>no sound</i> in her voice, but thundering action-a beauty with <i>no other merit</i>; and one $Chimenti=, a tolerable good woman with a pretty voice, and $Montagnana=, who <i>roars as usual!</i> With this band of singers, and dull <i>Italian operas</i>, such as you almost fall asleep at, <i>they presume</i> to rival $Handel=-who has $Strada=, that sings better than ever she did; $Gizziello=, who is much improved since last year; and $Annabali=, who has the best part of $Senesino='s voice and $Caristini='s, with a prodigious fine taste and good action! We have had <i>Alcina</i>, and <i>Atalanta</i>, which is acted tonight for the last night with the fireworks....$Mrs Porter= acts three times a week; I have made a party to go next week; she is the only support of the stage, the house is crammed whenever she acts.-<i>Delany, Autobiography</i>, I, 5578-79.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1736 11 27 cg Atalanta.*c1736 11 27 cg $MMrs Pendarves=, 27 Nov.: They [The <i>king's</i>] have $Farinelli=, $Merighi=, with <i>no sound</i> in her voice, but thundering action-a beauty with <i>no other merit</i>; and one $Chimenti=, a tolerable good woman with a pretty voice, and $Montagnana=, who <i>roars as usual!</i> With this band of singers, and dull <i>Italian operas</i>, such as you almost fall asleep at, <i>they presume</i> to rival $Handel=-who has $Strada=, that sings better than ever she did; $Gizziello=, who is much improved since last year; and $Annabali=, who has the best part of $Senesino='s voice and $Caristini='s, with a prodigious fine taste and good action! We have had <i>Alcina</i>, and <i>Atalanta</i>, which is acted tonight for the last night with the fireworks....$Mrs Porter= acts three times a week; I have made a party to go next week; she is the only support of the stage, the house is crammed whenever she acts.-<i>Delany, Autobiography</i>, I, 5578-79.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 18302 | 17361127 | cg | $MMrs Pendarves=, 27 Nov.: They [The <i>king's</i>] have $Farinelli=, $Merighi=, with <i>no sound</i> in her voice, but thundering action-a beauty with <i>no other merit</i>; and one $Chimenti=, a tolerable good woman with a pretty voice, and $Montagnana=, who <i>roars as usual!</i> With this band of singers, and dull <i>Italian operas</i>, such as you almost fall asleep at, <i>they presume</i> to rival $Handel=-who has $Strada=, that sings better than ever she did; $Gizziello=, who is much improved since last year; and $Annabali=, who has the best part of $Senesino='s voice and $Caristini='s, with a prodigious fine taste and good action! We have had <i>Alcina</i>, and <i>Atalanta</i>, which is acted tonight for the last night with the fireworks....$Mrs Porter= acts three times a week; I have made a party to go next week; she is the only support of the stage, the house is crammed whenever she acts.-<i>Delany, Autobiography</i>, I, 5578-79
    Performance: 33993 | 18302 | p | Atalanta

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Title: Atalanta
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