London Stage Event: 20 April 1742 at King's Theatre

20 April 1742

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Theatre: King's Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1741-1742

Volume: 3

Comments: A New Opera [a pasticcio, Metastasio text altered by Rolli, form Pergolesi's Olimpiade, 1735 (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, I, 183)]. Music by Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Lampugnani. L. Leo, F. Leo [libretto in L. C.]. Two of the principal Performers being greatly indispos'd, the Dancers are oblig'd to be deferr'd. Thomas Gray to John Chute, 24 May: Our fifth Opera was the Olimpiade, in which they retain'd most of Pergolesi's Songs & yet 'tis gone already, as if it had been a poor thing of Galuppi's. Two nights did I enjoy it all alone, snugg in a Nook in the Gallery, but found no one in those regions had ever heard of Pergolesi, nay, I heard several affirm it was a Composition of Pescetti's.-Gray, Correspondence, I, 203

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*p?king's Meraspe o L'Olimpiade. Monticelli, Amorevoli, Signora Moscovita, Signora Visconti [from libretto in L. C]. *c?king's A New Opera [a pasticcio, $Metastasio= text altered by $Rolli=, form $Pergolesi='s Olimpiade, 1735 ($Loewenberg=, Annals of Opera, I, 183)]. Music by Pergolesi, $Scarlatti=, $Lampugnani=. $L. Leo=, $F. Leo= [libretto in L. C.]. Two of the principal Performers being greatly indispos'd, the Dancers are oblig'd to be deferr'd. $Thomas Gray= to $John Chute=, 24 May: Our fifth Opera was the Olimpiade, in which they retain'd most of Pergolesi's Songs & yet 'tis gone already, as if it had been a poor thing of $Galuppi='s. Two nights did I enjoy it all alone, snugg in a Nook in the Gallery, but found no one in those regions had ever heard of Pergolesi, nay, I heard several affirm it was a Composition of $Pescetti='s.-Gray, Correspondence, I, 203.
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*p1742 04 20 king's Meraspe o L'Olimpiade. Monticelli, Amorevoli, Signora Moscovita, Signora Visconti [from libretto in L. C].*c1742 04 20 king's A New Opera [a pasticcio, $Metastasio= text altered by $Rolli=, form $Pergolesi='s Olimpiade, 1735 ($Loewenberg=, Annals of Opera, I, 183)]. Music by Pergolesi, $Scarlatti=, $Lampugnani=. $L. Leo=, $F. Leo= [libretto in L. C.]. Two of the principal Performers being greatly indispos'd, the Dancers are oblig'd to be deferr'd. $Thomas Gray= to $John Chute=, 24 May: Our fifth Opera was the Olimpiade, in which they retain'd most of Pergolesi's Songs & yet 'tis gone already, as if it had been a poor thing of $Galuppi='s. Two nights did I enjoy it all alone, snugg in a Nook in the Gallery, but found no one in those regions had ever heard of Pergolesi, nay, I heard several affirm it was a Composition of $Pescetti='s.-Gray, Correspondence, I, 203.
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Event: 21233 | 17420420 | king's | A New Opera [a pasticcio, $Metastasio= text altered by $Rolli=, form $Pergolesi='s Olimpiade, 1735 ($Loewenberg=, Annals of Opera, I, 183)]. Music by Pergolesi, $Scarlatti=, $Lampugnani=. $L. Leo=, $F. Leo= [libretto in L. C.]. Two of the principal Performers being greatly indispos'd, the Dancers are oblig'd to be deferr'd. $Thomas Gray= to $John Chute=, 24 May: Our fifth Opera was the Olimpiade, in which they retain'd most of Pergolesi's Songs & yet 'tis gone already, as if it had been a poor thing of $Galuppi='s. Two nights did I enjoy it all alone, snugg in a Nook in the Gallery, but found no one in those regions had ever heard of Pergolesi, nay, I heard several affirm it was a Composition of $Pescetti='s.-Gray, Correspondence, I, 203

Performance: 41257 | 21233 | p | Meraspe O L'olimpiade | Monticelli, Amorevoli, Signora Moscovita, Signora Visconti [from libretto in L. C].

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