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Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Anna Laschi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo and Miss Minors. Tickets of Costollo at his lodgings at Mr Waiter's, Chymist, the Golden Cross, in Russel St., Covent Garden; of Miss Minors, at Mr Nichols's a Baker, in Catherine St., near Russel Court, and at the Stage Door. We are assured that Sg Giardini's Performance on the Violin, at Sga Cuzzoni's Benefit, at the New Theatre in Haymarket, on Saturday Night last, gave the highest pleasure to several of the best judges of that instrument. Receipts: #90 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Master Mattocks

Dance: Mathews, Mad Camargo, McNeil

Event Comment: Yesterday arriv'd Sg Casimo Maranesi and Sga Bugiani, two celebrated Italian Comic Dancers from the Opera at Paris, and will soon make their appearance at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wive's Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Event Comment: On Tuesday next a New Tragedy called Philoclea. On Monday 28 January will be a Benefit for Sga Nicolina Giordani, A comic Opera with dances. Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had at Sg Giordani's Lodging, at Mr Milbourn's Grocer, in James St. Covent Garden. To the Young Gentlewoman who has performed Hermione [see 19 Jan.]: @Great was th' Applause you met, great your desert,@You charm'd the Eye, the Ear, the Head, the Heart.@Amaz'd we saw you at the first appear,@Ev'n in the hardest part, a perfect play'r.@Your person, your deportment set to view,@The youthful princess that the poet drew.@All was propriety, and all was grace,@We read the author's meaning in your face.@Your elocution was both just and strong,@Mix'd with due ease, and not an accent wrong,@Such varied Musick in your voice we heard,@That in the Tones both Taste and Sense appear'd.@Love, Jealousy, and Rage so well expres't@Engag'd our souls, nor knew we which was best,@'Twas Nature all-she form'd you for the stage,@Follow her steps, and glad th' Admiring Age.-Public Advertiser@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Nicolina Giordani [By Command of] the Duke and Princess Amelia (Cross). The Manager of Covent Garden being under a necessity of interrupting the run of the new Tragedy of Philoclea by a Command, and a Benefit for Sga Nicolina Giordini (which was settled before the coming out of that play) has been so obliging as to give the Author the choice of a day for his second benefit; and many of his friends having taken places for Tuesday, as that would have been his sixth night in course, the Author, lest they should be disappointed, has chosen Tuesday for his second benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Amanti Gelosi

Dance: As17531217

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Marina Giordani. Full Prices (Cross). A new Italian Comic Opera. The Music composed by Balthazar Galuppi. Ladies desired to send servants by Half an Hour after Three. This day publish'd at 1s. La Cameriera Accorta, Opera Comico, per Musica, as it is acted at Covent Garden. With an English Translation. Sold by H. Woodfall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Cameriera Accorta

Afterpiece Title: Enterntainment

Dance: [Unspecified.]

Event Comment: Benefit for Timbertoe and Sga Gapatoona

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnight's Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Fribble

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: [Deutsch, Handel, pp. 750-52, lists 33 musicians, 18 singers, five servants, plus a number of organ blowers, porters, and constables who put on this performance. Among the singers the following from the theatres and the opera performed: Beard, Giulia Frasi, Sga Galli, Christina Passerini, Wass, Baildon, and Baildon Jr Champness, Wilder, Dupre, Walz, Cox, and Legg.]
Event Comment: SSg and Sga Sabatini have prepared a New Dance in Comic characters, call'd Pandours, which will be performed at Drury Lane tomorrow. The Comedy call'd the Chances will be performed at the same theatre this week. The characters will all be New-Dress'd after the old Italian and Spanish manner. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Song: IV: The Original Song, O' Gentle Sleep (New Set)-Beard

Event Comment: In a fews days will be reviv'd at Covent Garden, the Tragedy of Phaedra and Hippolytus, in which Mr Sheridan will perform the part of Theseus, and Mrs Woffington that of Phaedra. Sg Francel and Sga Rossina Balbi, two Italian Dancers, arrived on Friday last from the Court of Bareith in Germany, and are engaged to perform at the same theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Event Comment: A New Italian Comic Opera. Benefit for Sga Spiletta and Giordani

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'albergatrice

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Curioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'ipermestra

Dance: See17541109

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Mattei

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Passerini. Pit and Boxes half a Guinea. Gallery 5s. The Overture and some songs composed by his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Remaining songs by the best masters as Quantz, Nichelman, Benda. The Duet and chorus-Graun, chief composer of the court, poetry-Villati. The afterpiece "an Italian Pastoral.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festeggiante

Event Comment: [The Performance scheduled for 31 May deferred on account of Sga Mingotti's illness.] Being the last time of performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Amanti Gelosi

Performance Comment: "in which Sga Nicolina Spilletta will perform the Song with the Hat."

Dance: [Unspecified.

Event Comment: It having been reported that Sga Frasi has refused to sing for the Benefit of the Decayed Musicians, she thinks it her duty to take this public method of clearing herself of that charge by informing the Nobility, Gentry, &c., that being applied to for her assistance, she readily consented (as she has always done for these fourteen years past) but that a few days after a number of the Managers called upon her to let her know that Giardini had undertaken to conduct the performance, and that they would not want her assistance. For the truth of this she appeals to those Gentlemen who called upon her with that message (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert

Performance Comment: As17570623, but Sga Mimicotti will sing an Italian air accompanied by Myn Heer Van-Poop Broomsticato%.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

Event Comment: PPublic Advertiser: Mr Vanneschi begs leave to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that a Licence being granted to him from the Lord Chamberlain's office, with his Majesty's most gracious Approbation, for exhibiting Italian operas at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, Subscriptions for the ensuing Season will be taken in by Mess. Drummond and Co., Bankers at Charing Cross. He humbly desires his Protectors and Subscribers, to oblige him with an early Payment of their Subscription Money, in order that he may be able to give the necessary Securities to Sga Colomba Mattei, and to Sg Pasquale Potenza, as also to the Rest of his Singers and Dancers. It being given out that Mr Vanneschi hath not engaged the Use of the Opera House for the ensuing Season of Operas, it is hereby certified, that the Proprietor thereof hath agreed with Mr Vanneschi for the same. Sign'd by order of the Proprietor. Peter Crawford, Treasurer of said Theatre

Performances

Event Comment: A New Opera. Ths Musick newly composed by Sig Cocchi. New Clothes, Decorations, and Dances. [On Monday 13 March Sga Frasi published in the Public Advertiser thanks for those who supported her benefit (6 March) and apologized for deficiencies in the performances. Some of the principals were engaged in the run of the new tragedy [The Prophetess? Mariamne?] whose run she could not anticipate.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Issipile

Event Comment: At The Chapel of the Foundling Hospital. [Deutsch, Handel, pp. 799-801, notes the performance and lists the "Orchestra Bill," for this performance: twelve violins-Brown, Collet, Freeks, Frowd, Claudio, Wood, Wood Jr, Denner, Abbington, Grosman, Jackson, Nicholson, the first three at 15s. and the rest at 10s. each; three "tenners" [violas]-Rash, Warner, Stockton at 8s. each: four hautbois-Eyferd, Teede, Vincent, Weichsel, the first three at 10s. 6d. and the fourth at 8s.; four bassoons-Miller, Baumgarden, Goodman, Owen, the first two at 10s. 6d. and the rest at 8s. each; three violoncellos-Gillier, Haron, Hebden at 10s. 6d. each; two double basses-Dietrich at 15s. and Sworms at 10s.; horns and drums by Adcock and Willis at 10s. 6d. each; trumpets and kettle drums-Trowa, Miller, and Fr Smith at 10s. 6d. for a total of #17 15s. He also lists the bill for the singers: Sga Frasi, #6 6s.; Miss Frederick, #4 4s.; Miss Young, #3 3s.; Beard with services gratis; Champness, #1, 11s. 6d.; Waas, Bailden, and Barrow at #1 1s. each; six boys, totalling #4 14s. 6d.; a second Champness, Ladd, Cox, Munck, Reinhold, Walz, Courtney, and Kurz, at 10s. 6d. each, for a total of #27 16s. 6d. Servants and music porters added #4 14s. 6d. What with #5 5s. 6d. for Smith brought the total bill to #55 11s. 6d. The Constable in addition cost #3 3s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Event Comment: The Entertainment...continues to be performed every Night with the usual Applause; and though the Weather has been bad, generally to a numerous and polite Company. Sga Seratina and Reinhold, greatly excel in performing their Parts, and notwithstanding it is translated from the Italian...it is so well adapted to the Musick that is it by the best judges reckoned to be extremely soft and harmonious. [It is not listed in the Public Advertiser for Monday 31 or Tuesday 1 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Event Comment: [Not listed in Public Advertiser, but notice of continuation at admission price of 1s. is given.] Before the performance Sga Seratina and Mr Reinhold and others will sing several new songs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Event Comment: LLa Serva Padrona; or, The Servant Mistress announced but cancelled. [This entertainment was advertised as to be given by particular desire, with the addition of a new act, and a new character, as it was performed originally at the Theatre Royal in Naples. Set to music by Pergolesi. With Dancing. The Scenes and Cloaths entirely new. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. The house to be illuminated with wax candles. The whole to be under the direction of Sg Storace and Mr Oswald. Sga Seratina being recovered from her late indisposition to perform this night. Notice, however, on the proposed day of performance appeared in the Public Advertiser: "La Serva Padrona is stopp'd by a particular order of the Lord Chamberlain, but as a great many of the Nobility and Quality are very desirous to see this entertainment, it will be soon presented at another theatre." See 29 March.

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Frasi. The Managers of the Opera having fixed upon Thursday for the remaining part of the Season, as one of the Season, as one of the nights of performance, Sga Frasi is obliged to take this for her night when tickets delivered out for the 10th and 17th will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley; Solo on Violin-Giardini