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176
18 February 1737
@ Castle Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
great Concert of Musick-
the
best
Hands from both Operas
177
03 March 1737
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-
the
best
Hands from both Operas
178
08 March 1737
@ Swan Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Singing-Savage; First Violin-Clegg; Two Solos, a Concerto on
the
Violoncello-Caporali;
The
o
the
r Parts-
the
best
Masters
179
02 May 1737
@ Castle Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-some of
the
Best
Performers in
the
Operas; particularly a Solo, Concerto on
the
Violoncello-Caporale; a Solo, Concerto on
the
Violin-Collet; several Songs-Savage; and at
the
End of each Part: will be perform'd one of
Handel
's Coronation An
the
ms- with Voices and Instruments
180
23 August 1737
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
All Alive And Merry
Dance:
Jano, Baudouin, Peters, Thompson, Mlle DeFrano, Mlle LeRoy, Mrs Dancey, Miss Dancey;
The
Italian Shadows
-
the
best
Masters from
Italy
;
Le Badinage Champetre
-
Music:
A Band of Musick
181
07 September 1737
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
All Alive And Merry
Dance:
Jano, Baudouin, Peters, Thompson, Mlle DeFrano, Mlle LeRoy, Mrs Dancey;
The
Italian Shadows
-
the
best
Masters from
Italy
; A
Humorous Ballet Dance between a Soldier a Sailor a Tinker a Tailor and Buxom Joan of Deptford
-
Music:
a B Band of Musick
182
15 December 1739
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concerto
Music:
Several Concertos for several Instruments-; Intermix'd with a Variety of Chosen Airs of
the
best
Masters in
Italy
-;
The
Whole divided into Three Parts To which (by Desire) will be added,
The
Famous
Salve Regina
-Sig Hasse, Sig Carestini
183
29 January 1755
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Serva Padrona
Music:
First violin-Marella;
The
rest-
the
best
hands in town
184
14 February 1760
@ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Charlottenburg Festegiante
Music:
Instrumental parts: First Violin-Passerini;, with viols and
the
o
the
rs by
the
best
performers. Between
the
First and Second Part: a Concerto on
the
Organ-Sga Frederick
185
05 June 1760
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Instrumental parts-
the
best
performers
Dance:
A
Minuet
by Particular Desire,-Sga Asselin, Noverre; A new
Terzetta
-Miss Capitani, Miss Capitani's bro
the
r (six years old), Master Teriot
186
25 August 1772
@ Mary-le-Bone Gardens
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Serva Padrona
Song:
Several songs-Mrs Forbes; Musical Imitations-Bannister; An
Ode
composed by
Arnold
will be sung in
the
manner of an Oratorio-Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Thompson, with a number of
the
best
Chorus Singers
187
30 March 1778
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Alexander
The
Great; Or,
The
Rival Queens
Afterpiece Title:
Second Thought is
Best
188
24 March 1781
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Second Thoughts Are
Best
Afterpiece Title:
The
Upholsterer
Dance:
As17801107
189
13 May 1784
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
I Rivali Delusi
Music:
The
Dancers, incomparably
the
best
Groupe in Europe, exerted
the
mselves very successfully; D'Auberval's Drunkenness was well managed; Rossi's Fainting Fit, her Agitation preceding it, and her Revival from it; Lepicq's hovering over Rossi, when in
the
Swoon, and in his Separation from her, were all told very expressively indeed. Lepicq is
the
most graceful dancer in Europe, and excells every Competitor in
the
Narrative and Pathos of Gesticulation
Dance:
End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203, but D'Auberval in place of Slingsby; End of Opera an entirely new grand Ballet, or Tragi-Comic Dancing Pantomime, composed by D'Auberval, Le Deserteur; ou, La Clemence Royale (taken from
the
well-known comic opera,
The
Deserter).
The
Deserter-Lepicq; Skirmish-D'Auberval, who in that character will execute a Pas in a stile entirely new, and never before attempted in England; Louisa-Mme Rossi; o
the
r Principal Parts by Vestris [Jun.], Henry, Zuchelli, Mme
The
odore, who will also dance
the
favourite Pas de Basque
190
02 June 1789
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Robin Hood
Afterpiece Title:
Perseverance; or,
The
Third Time
the
Best
Entertainment:
Monologue
. End: As17890514
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