22 February 1791

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Theatre: Pantheon, Oxford Street
Theatrical Season: 1790-1791
Volume: 5
Comments: By Command of Their Majesties. "There were not an hundred persons in the Pit when their Majesties entered, and there were not double the number at any part of the evening. The Royal box being in the centre, fronting the stage, their Majesties were invisible to the Gallery; and on their entrance solemn stillness prevailed, until the Orchestra, for the first time in an Opera-house, for the first time by the Professional Band, Struck up God save the King. Never, we will venture to say, in any Theatre during the present reign, was there so thin an audience when their Majesties were present; and we pretend not to divine the cause. Whether it is the failure of the Theatre as a musical room--the general poverty of the performance--the little notice that was given of their Majesties' intention to be present we know not" (Morning Chronicle, 23 Feb.)

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    *p pan Armida. As 17 Feb. *b<i>Amphion et Thalie</i>. As 17 Feb. *cBy Command of $Their Majesties=. "There were not an hundred persons in the Pit when their Majesties entered, and there were not double the number at anypart of the evening. The Royal box being in the centre, fronting the stage, their Majesties were invisible to the Gallery; and on their entrance solemn stillness prevailed, until the Orchestra, for the first time in an Opera-house, for the first time by the Professional Band, Struck up <i>God save the King</i>. Never, wewill venture to say, in any Theatre during the present reign, was there so thinan audience when their Majesties were present; and we pretend not to divine thecause. Whether it is the failure of the Theatre as a musical room--the generalpoverty of the performance--the little notice that was given of their Majesties' intention to be present we know not" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 23 Feb.).
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    *p1791 02 22 pan Armida. ^As17910217^.*b1791 02 22 pan <i>Amphion et Thalie</i>. ^As17910217^.*c1791 02 22 pan By Command of $Their Majesties=. "There were not an hundred persons in the Pit when their Majesties entered, and there were not double the number at any part of the evening. The Royal box being in the centre, fronting the stage, their Majesties were invisible to the Gallery; and on their entrance solemn stillness prevailed, until the Orchestra, for the first time in an Opera-house, for the first time by the Professional Band, Struck up <i>God save the King</i>. Never, we will venture to say, in any Theatre during the present reign, was there so thin an audience when their Majesties were present; and we pretend not to divine the cause. Whether it is the failure of the Theatre as a musical room--the general poverty of the performance--the little notice that was given of their Majesties' intention to be present we know not" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 23 Feb.).
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    Event: 47074 | 17910222 | pan | By Command of $Their Majesties=. "There were not an hundred persons in the Pit when their Majesties entered, and there were not double the number at any part of the evening. The Royal box being in the centre, fronting the stage, their Majesties were invisible to the Gallery; and on their entrance solemn stillness prevailed, until the Orchestra, for the first time in an Opera-house, for the first time by the Professional Band, Struck up <i>God save the King</i>. Never, we will venture to say, in any Theatre during the present reign, was there so thin an audience when their Majesties were present; and we pretend not to divine the cause. Whether it is the failure of the Theatre as a musical room--the general poverty of the performance--the little notice that was given of their Majesties' intention to be present we know not" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 23 Feb.)
    Performance: 103049 | 47074 | p | Armida | As17910217.
    AsSeeDate: 103049 | pan | p | As | 17910217
    Cast:
    652537 | 103049 | Principal Characters | Pacchierotti, Lazzarini, Benigni, Garelli, Mme Mara, Sga Salimbeni. Cast from libretto
    652538 | 103049 | Rinaldo | Gasparo Pacchierotti
    652539 | 103049 | Ubaldo | Gustavo Lazzarini
    652540 | 103049 | Idreno | Giuseppe Benigni
    652541 | 103049 | Carlo | Giovanni Garelli
    652542 | 103049 | Armida | Mme Mara
    652543 | 103049 | Zelmira | Sga Giovanna Salimbeni.
    Performance: 103050 | 47074 | b | <i>Amphion et Thalie</i> | As17910217.
    AsSeeDate: 103050 | pan | b | As | 17910217
    Cast:
    652544 | 103050 | Principal dancers
    652545 | 103050 | Amphion | Didelot
    652546 | 103050 | Bergers de la Phocide | Duquesney, Vigano
    652547 | 103050 | Thalie | Mme Theodore D'Auberval
    652548 | 103050 | Jeune Nymphe de la Phocide | Mlle Gervaise Troche
    652549 | 103050 | Terpsichore | Mlle Leonore Simonet
    652550 | 103050 | Jeune Nymphe | Mlle Rosine Simonet
    652551 | 103050 | Melpomene | Mme Didelot
    652552 | 103050 | Clio | Mlle Augustine Bithmer
    652553 | 103050 | Erato | Mlle Bithmer
    652554 | 103050 | Euterpe | Mlle Rousseau
    652555 | 103050 | Uranie | Mlle Jacobs
    652556 | 103050 | Calliope | Mlle Birt
    652557 | 103050 | Polimnie | Mlle Watson
    652558 | 103050 | Nymphes a la suite des Muses | Mlle Vedie, Mlle Durand, Mlle Berry, Mlle Bougier
    652559 | 103050 | Suite d'Amphion | Mme Fialon, Mme Duchesne, Mme Simonet, Mme Menage
    652560 | 103050 | Habitants de la Phocide | Mme Boisgirard, Mme Rousseau, Mme Omer, Mme Schweitzer.

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Comment: Amphion et Thalie. As17910217

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