Event Comment: [
Pasticcio: an opera, cantata, or o
ther composition made up of various pieces from different authors or sources. See
H. Walpole to
Mann, 1 Nov. 1752, Our Operas begin tomorrow with a pasticcio full of most of my favourite songs."
Grove's Dictionary, II, 688: "A species of lyric drama composed of airs, duets and o
ther movements selected from different sources and so grouped as to provide a mixed audience with
the greatest possible number of favourite airs in succession." See favorable notice 20 March in
the Public Advertiser.
The Westminster Magazine remarked of Oratorio season at
cg: "
They have not possessed so uninterrupted a flow of success, but we remember that
they have experienced more barren seasons.
The instrumental band is superior to that at
the o
ther house, and
the vocal not at all inferior. At this house
they have produced selections of musical pieces, by
the most capital masters, arranged so as to form entire entertainments. In general
these are very agreeable." See 20 March.] Charges: #35