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5443 results for: Keyword - Opera House at Turin
We found 3079 matches on Event Comments, 2569 matches on Performance Title, 271 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4751
21 January 1729 @ Bow Street

Event Comment: The Lilliputian Theatre, Under the Direction of Mr Richardson...in Mr Hewetson's Great Room, the Upper End of Bow-Street, Covent-Garden. A New Opera. Price 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Enchanter

4752
10 February 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: See17281028.*c1729 2 10 dl TThe Village Opera announced but deferred by the sudden illness of Mrs Thurmond. See Universal Spectator, 15 Feb.

4753
11 February 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. N.B. The Village Opera is deferr'd by Reason of Mrs Thurmond's sudden Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

4754
20 March 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. Afterpiece: At the Request of several Ladies of Quality. Never Acted there before. Written by the Author of the Beggar's Opera. Receipts: money #81 14s.; tickets #101 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: PPierrots-Salle, Pelling; Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Grand Dance-Salle, DuPre, Moreau, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

4755
08 April 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of The Village Opera. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

4756
16 April 1729 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Kytch, First Hautboy to the Opera. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: I: Overture of Ptolomy by Mr Handel-; Songs. No oh Dio-Signora Cuzzoni in Calphurnia; Lusinghe piu Care-Signora Faustina in Alexander; Eighth Concerto of Corelli-Castrucci, others; French Horn Song in Griselda-; II: Concerto Grosso by Pepusch-; with solo parts for the Harpsicord-Mr Bach; Songs: Fonti Amiche-Signora Cuzzoni in Ptolomy; accompanied by Flutes-; Chio mai vi polla-Signora Faustina in Siroe; Solo for Hautboy-Kytch; Concerto for French Horns by Nicholini-; III: Concerto for Hautboy by Alberti-; Songs: Ombra cara-Senesino in Radamistus; L'Empiorigor-Signora Cuzzoni in Rodelinda; Concerto for Little Flute by Babel-; First Part of Water Musick with French Horns by Handel-; All Vocal Parts-; Hautboy-Kytch; Little Flute, Bassoon-

4757
30 April 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: TThe Beggar's Opera, advertised as a benefit for Miss Petre on this day, was announced without knowledge of the company. She will have a benefit later

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hurlothrumbo

4758
18 July 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farcical Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

Song:

Dance:

4759
12 November 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A new Dramatick Opera [author unknown]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Revenge; Or, The Vintner Outwitted

4760
03 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Ebenezer Forrest.] By Command of His Royal Highness. After the Manner of the Beggar's Opera. All the Habits and Scenes entirely New. Receipts: #161 18s. 6d. [For a comment on this performance, see Thomas Edwards to John Clerke, "Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others", N & Q (August 1953), p. 338.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; Or, Vulcan's Wedding

4761
25 February 1730 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Castrucci, first Violin to the Opera 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Concertos and Solos in a new Style of his (Castrucci's) own Compostion-Castrucci; the first Concerto and fifth Solo being reduc'd into Concertos of the famous Corelli, his Master-Castrucci

4762
09 March 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A New Ballad Opera. Benefit Ryan. Receipts: money #81 10s. 6d.; tickets #104 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Hudibras; or, Trulla's Triumph

4763
04 April 1730 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [By Zeno. Music probably by Bartholmeo Cordans.-see Deutsch, Handel, p. 254.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

4764
15 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy. At the Particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: At the Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggars Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song:

Dance:

4765
20 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: [By Theophilus Cibber.] A New Scotch Ballad Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling

Dance: Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson

4766
25 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #15 18s.; tickets #88 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: End I: Saraband-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit; Scholar to Newhouse, being the first Time of her appearing in that Character on the Stage. II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon.
Cast
Role: Fingalian Dance Actor: Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
Role: French Peasant Actor: Newhouse, Miss Wherrit
Role: Wrestling Dance Actor: Newhouse, Lanyon.

4767
27 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Dance: End I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mrs Pelling; V: Grand Dance-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, St.Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle

Performance Comment: Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle.

4768
27 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggar's Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

4769
27 April 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Charles Coffey.] A New Farcial Ballad Opera. Afterpiece: By Desire. Tickets delivered for the Author's Benefit will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Parson; Or, Beau In The Suds

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

4770
20 October 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Ten Years. Afterpiece: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral-Farcical Opera of one Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

4771
20 October 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: An Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance:

4772
31 October 1730 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The same morning [Saturday 31] the Opera of Scipio was rehearsed before a great Number of Ladies of the first Quality, and other Persons of Distinction.-Daily Courant, 2 Nov

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

4773
10 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: A New Ballad Opera, [By George Lillo.] Receipts: #91 9s. 6d. Daily Courant, 12 Nov.: On Tuesday Night...Sylvia...was perform'd for the first Time...where there appeared a Set of People, who seem'd inclined to damn the whole Performance (if it had been in their Power)by their continual Hissing and Cat-Calls; notwithstanding which, the same was perform'd with Applause, by the general Approbation of the Pit and Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sylvia; Or, The Country Burial

4774
16 December 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera of one Act. [By Thomas Gataker,]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake

4775
17 December 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: The Books of the Opera will be sold at the Theatre, and no where else

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown