Event Comment: Mainpiece: An English Opera [from
Rolt's
The Royal Shepherd]. Never perform'd there. The Music selected from the best composers,
and adapted by
Tenducci. Books of Opera to be had at theatre. [Argument from Edition of 1769: Among the most celebrated actions ascribed to
Alexander the Great, may be well ranked that of delivering the Kingdom of
Sidon from the tyrant
Strato;
and instead of taking the dominion himself, restoring the crown to the next lawful heir, who, ignorant of his pretensions to it, lived as a shepherd in the country near Sidon, of which a more particular account may be found in
Quintus Curtius, Book IV, Chap. 10. The superstructure of the fable raised on this historical foundation, will be seen in the course of the drama." The Plot sketched out in a review in the
Freeholder's Magazine, Dec.] Receipts: #137 14s
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Amintas
Performance Comment: Alexander-Reinhold; Amintas-Tenducci, first appearance that stage these 4 years; Agenor-Mattocks; Eliza-Mrs Mattocks; Thamiris-Mrs Baker (playbill matched with Edition of 1769).Related Works
Related Work: Amintas Author(s): Ferdinando Tenducci
Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris
Dance: I: A New Pastoral Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere