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Add MS 27726
- Record Id:
- 040-002031141
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002031114
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000117.0x000254
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27726
- Title:
- The English words to 'The Night before the Wedding and The Wedding Night'. An opera in 2 acts, composed and arranged by Henry R. Bishop.
- Scope & Content:
- 'The Night before the Wedding and The Wedding Night': Comic Opera in Two Acts. Partly composed, and the whole arranged and adapted for the English Stage by Henry R. Bishop. The Poetry by Edw. Fitz-Ball.' The alterations and additions are in Bishop's hand.This volume contains the English words (here described as 'Two Nights') in MS, the principal actors' parts, and the printed libretto (with names of performers).Add MS 27725 contains the music, in score. The English version has been added above or below the French text.Characters (as in the original and in the adaptation): Lord Fingar (Sir Lionel Lorimer), Sir Edward (Valentine Acton), Victor (Hector), Valter (Neville), Duncar (Alford), Blakfort (Villars), Salgar (Woodstock), Mowbray, Cleveland, Wilton, Rugby, Le Constable (Justice Rigid), Strun (Portlock), Betti (Rose), Carill (Jocelyn), Jakmann (Torpid), and Malvina; with Choruses of Domestics, Officers, Bridesmaids, Villagers, etc.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002031114
040-002031141 - Is part of:
- Add MS 27700-27729 : Operatic compositions of Sir Henry Rowley
Add MS 27726 : The English words to 'The Night before the Wedding and The Wedding Night'. An opera in 2 acts, composed and arranged by Henry… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002031114[0027]/040-002031141
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 27700-27729
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (165 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1829
- Date Range:
- 1829
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Paper. Quarto and Folio.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Boieldieu, François-Adrien, composer, 1775-1834
Fitz-Ball, Edward, playwright and writer, 1793-1873 - Subjects:
- Operas