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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Pescetti"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Pescetti")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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8 results for: Keyword - Pescetti
We found 5 matches on Event Comments, 2 matches on Performance Comments, 1 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

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24 April 1741 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: VVedrai Moror Costante-; Come potesti ob Dioby Hasse-Signor Andreoni; Priva del caro Sposo by Vinci-; S'eil pianto mio fastante by Pescetti-Mrs Arne; O the Sweets in Friendship Found by Smith-; Blow Blow thou Winter Wind by Arne-; Del mi Minaccia, O Redder than the Cherry by Handel-Reinhold; Tu unoi ch'io viva o Cara a duet by Vinci-Mrs Arne, Andreoni; Fly ye Graces from these Seats by Smith-Chorus

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12 February 1737 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Giovanni Battist Pescetti.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demetrius

Afterpiece Title: Il Giocatore

3
28 January 1738 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Giovanni Battist Pescetti.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Conquista Del Vello D'oro

4
10 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A Pastoral Opera. [Composed by John Baptist Pescetti.] Pit and Boxes at half a guinea. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6d. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Angelica And Medoro

5
01 December 1739 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A New Serenata. [Music by Giovanni Battista Pescetti.] Tickets half a guinea. 6 p.m. Mrs Pendarves to Lady Throckmorton, 28 Nov.: The concerts begin next Saturday at the Haymarket. Caristini sings, Peschetti composes; the house is made up into little boxes, like the playhouses abroad; Lord Middlesex is the chief undertaker, and I believe it will prove to his cost, for concerts will not do. --Delany, Autobiography, II, 66

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Diana And Endymion

6
10 May 1740 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: A new Opera. Edition of 1740 Composed by Signor Pescetti. A new Scene by M delaCour. By His Majesty's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Busiri, Overo Il Trionfo D'amore

Dance: As17400408

7
31 October 1741 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander In Persia

Performance Comment: Burney, History of Music, IV, 446, lists: Angelo Maria Monticelli, Soprano, first man; Andreoni, soprano, second man; (Amorevolli) tenor; Signora Visconti, 1st woman; Signora Panichi, 2nd woman; Signora Tedeschi, 3rd Woman. The part of Amorevoli omitted (Walpole to H. Mann, 2 Nov.). Libretto lists: Monticelli, Signora Visconti, Signora Moscovita, Amorevale; airs by Lampugnani, Pescetti, Leo, Hasse.

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28 February 1754 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Part I: Overture by Ciampi-; Intennerir mi sento (Galluppi)-Serasini; Ti parli in seno amore (Perez)-Sga Frasi; Concerto violencello Pasqualini-; Lasciar t' amato bene from Nerone-Sga Visconti; Dal suo gentil sembiante (P. Pulli)-Albuzzi; Part II:Concerto-Dubourg; Sfogati o Ciel sereno (Hasse)-Passerini; Endless pleasure (Handel)-Beard; Concerto on bassoon-Miller; Puppille care from Nerone-Serasini; E Maggiore degn' altro Dolore from Nerone-Sga Visconti; Part III: Concerto on oboe-Vincent; Rasserani i mesta rai (Pescetti)-Albuzzi; Non vi piacque ingiusti Dei (Mazzoni)-Sga Frasi; Oh 'Tis Elysium All (Pasquali)-Beard; Compiangermi non sai (Braun)-Passerini; Duet Tu vuoi ch'io O cara (Vinci)-Sga Visconti, Serafini.