*p1792 05 23 dlking's Dido Queen of Carthage. AEneas-Mrs Crouch; Iarbas-Kelly; Almidah-Sedgwick; Abdallah-Dignum; Dido-Mme Mara; Anna-Miss Barclay (1st appearance on any stage [^see17920224^]); Chorus-Alfred, Aylmer, Boyce, Brown, Cooke, Danby, Denman, Dorion, Dorion Jun., Fawcett, Hobler, Horsfall, Lyons, Maddocks, Phillimore, Reynoldson, Shaw, Tett, Wilkin, Willoughby, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Butler, Mrs Gawdry, Miss Gawdry, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Davis, Miss Edwin, Miss Kirton, with the Assistance of additional Voices.*u1792 05 23 dlking's To Conclude Masque, <i>Neptune's Prophecy</i>. Tritons, Neriads-the full Chorus of the Theatre; Neptune-Bannister; Ascanius-Master Welsh (1st appearance on any stage [see 24 Feb.]); Venus-Miss Collins; The Graces-Miss DeCamp, Miss Jacobs, Miss Heard.*a1792 05 23 dlking's The Miller of Mansfield. ^As17920114^.*c1792 05 23 dlking's Mainpiece [1st time; DO 3, by $Prince Hoare=, based on <i>Didone Abbandonata</i>, by $Pietro Metastasio=]: The Musick is chiefly new, and composed by $Storace=. The Selections are made from the most celebrated works of $Salieri=, $Paer=, $Rampini=, $Sacchini=, $Sarti=, $Giordani=, $Cimarosa=, $Schuster=, $Andreozzi=. The Scenery and Machinery designed by $Greenwood= and executed by himself and his Pupils. The Dresses of the $Tyrians=, $Trojans= and $Africans= entirely new, and taken from the most accurate descriptions of the Habits of their respective Nations. [Both $Miss Barclay= and $Master Welsh= had 1st appeared at the <i>king's</i> oratorios, 24 Feb.]. "A <i>procession</i> was introduced in which an <i>Ostrich</i>r, a <i>Dromedary</i>r and an <i>Elephant</i>r marched to slow music. The <i>Masque</i>, which concluded the opera, was some insipid stuff about <i>Neptune</i>r and <i>Nereids</i>r, with a representation of the <i>Temple of Neptune</i>. Young Welsh sang prettily in this said Masque" (<i>Morning Herald</i>, 24 May). "[$Mara=] retained only one song of her <i>Didone</i>r [see <i>king's</i>, 14 Feb. 1786]; the brilliant bravura, <i>Son Regina</i>r, of $Sacchini=" ($Mount-Edgcumbe=, 80). <i>Morning Herald</i>, 28 May 1792: This Day is published <i>Dido</i> (price not listed). Receipts: #244 8s. 6d(213.14.5; 28.15.0; 1.19.0).