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Reference (shelfmark):: Ms Mus. 1715/18
Title:: Gaetano Donizetti: 'Torquato Tasso'
Scope & Content:: 'Torquato Tasso', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. Chorus parts. First performed at the Teatro Valle, Rome, on 9 September 1833. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre on 3 March 1840.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1840]
Extent:: 3 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/19
Title:: Valentino Fioravanti: 'I Virtuosi Ambulanti'
Scope & Content:: 'I Virtuosi Ambulanti', opera buffa in 2 acts, libretto by G. L. Balocchi, a translation from the French of Picard ('Les Comediens Ambulants'). Printed full scores, 2 copies. First performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, on 26 September 1807. First performed in London at the King's Theatre, also...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1807]
Extent:: 2 files

Reference (shelfmark):: Ms Mus. 1715/22
Title:: Pietro Generali: 'Le lagrime d'una Vedova'
Scope & Content:: 'Le lagrime d'una Vedova', 'farsa' in 1 act, libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. Full score, 2 copies. Role names mentioned: Finetta, Ermenilda, Edoardo, Alberto, Aristippo, Solitario. First performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 26 December 1808. There is an opera with the same title by G F...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [c 1808]
Extent:: 2 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/26
Title:: Pietro Carlo Guglielmi, 'Romeo e Giulietta'
Scope & Content:: 'Romeo e Giulietta', opera seria in 2 acts by Pietro Carlo Guglielmi, libretto by Buonaiuti. Full score and 2 voice parts. Role names mentioned: Fra Lorenzo, Paride, Tebaldo, Antonio, Bianca. Composed for the King's Theatre, and first performed there on 20 February 1810. Guglielmi lived in London...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 2 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/27
Title:: Jacques François Halévy: 'La Tempesta'
Scope & Content:: 'La tempesta', opera in a prologue and 4 acts, libretto by Eugene Scribe after Shakespeare, originally written in French for Mendelssohn, this Italian translation by Pietro Giannone. Orchestral parts. Written for Her Majesty's Theatre, London, and first performed on 8 June 1850, with final rehear...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: [1850]
Extent:: 4 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/29
Title:: Count Marco Aurelio Marliani: 'Ildegonda'
Scope & Content:: 'Ildegonda', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Pietro Giannone; 1837. First performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, on 7 March 1837. First performed in London at the King's Theatre, 18 July 1837. The first performance was attended by Queen Victoria; it was from this date that the theatre was known as...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1837]
Extent:: 3 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/32
Title:: Giuseppe Saverio Mercadante: 'I Normanni a Parigi'
Scope & Content:: 'I Normanni a Parigi', 'tragedia lirica' in 2 acts, libretto by Felice Romani. Role names mentioned: Ebbone, Tebaldo, Berta, Odone, Osvino, Ordamante. First performed at the Teatro Regio, Turin, on 7 February 1832.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [c 1832]
Extent:: 3 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/33
Title:: Giuseppe Saverio Mercadante: 'La Vestale'
Scope & Content:: 'La Vestale', lyric tragedy in 3 acts, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. First performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 10 March 1840. Announced for London (in 'The Era', 9 January 1842), but apparently not performed.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [c 1840]
Extent:: 2 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/34
Title:: Giacomo Meyerbeer: 'L'Esule di Granata'
Scope & Content:: 'L'Esule di Granata', melodramma serio in 2 acts, libretto by Felice Romani. Full score. Role names mentioned: Azema, Almazar, (Almazor, Almanzor) Alamar, Ali, Omar, Sulimano (Solimano), Zaide (Zeida), Fatima, Il Re. First performed at La Scala, Milan, on 12 March 1821.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [c 1821]
Extent:: 2 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/35
Title:: Francesco Morlacchi: 'Tebaldo ed Isolina'
Scope & Content:: 'Tebaldo ed Isolina', opera in 2 acts, libretto by Gaetano Rossi. Full score. Role names mentioned: Isolina, Tebaldo, Clemenza, Boemondo, Geraldo, Ermano. First performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, on 4 February 1822. First performed in London at the King's Theatre on 25 February 1826.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [c 1826]
Extent:: 2 files

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