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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/1
Title:: Jules Eugene Abraham Alary: 'Le tre nozze'
Scope & Content:: 'Le tre nozze', opera buffa in 3 acts, libretto by A Berrettoni. Bass drum part ('Gran Cassa') only. Title 'I tre Nozze. Musica del maestro G. Alary'. The name of the singer [Luigi] Lablache is written at Act 2, no. 4. Lablache sang in both the Paris and the London production. With a second violi...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: c1851
Extent:: 320 x 260mm

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/2
Title:: Daniel François–Esprit Auber: 'L'Enfant prodigue'
Scope & Content:: 'L'Enfant prodigue', opera in 5 acts, libretto by Eugene Scribe. Originally in French. Mostly printed. Published by Brandus et cie, Paris. Plate numbers 8730, 8731, 8737. The full score is of Act 4 and 5 only, and the first three acts have been cut from the instrumental parts (sewn up, etc). The ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1850-1851]
Extent:: 19 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/4
Title:: Daniel François–Esprit Auber: 'Zerlina'
Scope & Content:: 'Zerlina', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Eugene Scribe. First performed in Paris on 16 May 1851. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, in Italian, on July 22 1851.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1851
Extent:: 19 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/5
Title:: Michael William Balfe: 'Les quatre fils Aymon'
Scope & Content:: 'Les quatre fils Aymon', comic opera in 3 acts, libretto by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon Brunswick. Vocal score, voice parts and orchestral parts. First performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris, on 15 July 1844. First performed in London at the Princess's Theatre in English as 'The Castle of Aymon', o...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1844-1851
Extent:: 13 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/7
Title:: Antonio Cagnoni: 'Amori e Trappole'
Scope & Content:: 'Amori e Trappole', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Felice Romani; 1850. Full score. Italian. Role names mentioned: Falline, Virginia, Albina, Don Papero, Don Giacinto, Macario, Falcone. First performed at the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, 27 April 1850.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1850]
Extent:: 3 files

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/8
Title:: Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi: 'Una Casa da Vendere'
Scope & Content:: 'Una Casa da Vendere', farsa giocosa, 1 act, libretto by G. D. Camagna. Full score. Italian. Title 'Una casa da vender. Farsa Del Sig Antonio Capuzzi Nel Teatro in S. Angelo il Carnovale 1804 in Venezia'. No performance markings. Role names mentioned: Lisetta, Franville, Durmont, Madama, Versac, ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1804
Extent:: 230 x 320mm

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/10
Title:: Domenico Cimarosa: 'Il Matrimonio Segreto'
Scope & Content:: 'Il Matrimonio Segreto', opera buffa in 2 acts, libretto by Giovanni Bertati after Colman and Garrick's 'The Clandestine Marriage'. Full score, 1 folio only; - Violin 1 part. On green paper, with red chalk markings and some pinning. Blue limp card cover. Players' names added: 'Messrs Wathen (?) +...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1794-1837
Extent:: 310 x 250mm

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/11
Title:: Domenico Cimarosa: 'Gli Orazi e i Curiazi'
Scope & Content:: 'Gli Orazi e i Curiazi', opera seria in 3 acts, libretto by Antonio Simone Sografi. Printed vocal score, text in Italian; - First violin part of ballet music, including 'Pas des fées', pasted on to front and back covers of the vocal score. With red chalk markings and annotations in Italian. Title...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: [1825]
Extent:: 350 x 280mm. Brown limp card covers.

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/12
Title:: Gaetano Donizetti: 'L'Aio nell'Imbarazzo'
Scope & Content:: 'L'Aio nell'Imbarazzo', comic opera in 2 acts, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, based on a comedy by Giovanni Giraud. Voice part for the role of Gilda. Text in Italian. Role names mentioned: Gilda, Enrico, Don Gregorio, Leonarda, Marchese, Gita, Bernadino. First performed at the Teatro Valle, Rome, o...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: [1846]
Extent:: 240 x 310mm

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1715/13
Title:: Gaetano Donizetti: 'Don Pasquale'
Scope & Content:: 'Don Pasquale', opera in 3 acts, libretto by the composer and Giacomo Ruffini after Anelli's 'Ser Marc'Antonio'; [1843]. Vocal score, chorus parts, orchestral parts. First performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, on 3 January 1843. First performed in London at Her Majesty's Theatre on 29 June 1843.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: [1843]
Extent:: 4 files

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