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Poster for the Royal Italian Opera performance of a 'Grand Concert' on 30 May 1849 at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden
| Collection: |
Poster Collection |
| Object number: |
ROH/MAR/POS/2256 |
| Date: |
30 May 1849 |
| Date notes: |
Date of the performance, rather than of the poster's creation. |
| Description: |
Poster with black and green text, listing the participants as below. The poster announces that the singers will perform extracts from the operas 'Semiramide', 'Lucrezia Borgia', 'Il barbiere di Siviglia', 'Don Giovanni', 'Lucia di Lammermoor', 'Don Pasquale', 'Masaniello' ('La Muette de Portici'), and 'Les Huguenots'. The 'Celebrated Pianist' Alexander Dreyschock will play a fantasia, 'the extraordinary Performer on the Contrabasso' Giovanni Bottesini will perform a solo, and The Hungarian Vocalists will sing 'two of their favorite morceaux between the acts'. The orchestra perform the overtures to 'Leonora', 'Semiramide', and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The full chorus sings the 'Celebrated Prayer (without Accompaniment) from the Market Scene in 'Masaniello'.' The concert commences at half-past one. |
| Printer: |
M S Francis |
| Conductor: |
Michael Costa |
| Singer: |
Giulia Grisi |
| Singer: |
Fanny Persiani |
| Singer: |
Catherine Hayes |
| Singer: |
Julie Dorus-Gras |
| Singer: |
Amalia Corbari |
| Singer: |
MacFarren |
| Singer: |
de Meric |
| Singer: |
Elena d' Angri |
| Singer: |
Giovanni Matteo Mario |
| Singer: |
Luigi Salvi |
| Singer: |
Salvatore Lavià |
| Singer: |
John Sims Reeves |
| Singer: |
Antonio Tamburini |
| Singer: |
Giorgio Ronconi |
| Singer: |
Joseph Dieudonné Tagliafico |
| Singer: |
Entimio Polonini |
| Singer: |
Jean Etienne Massol |
| Singer: |
Ignazio Marini |
| Pianist: |
Alexander Dreyschock |
| Musician: |
Giovanni Bottesini |
| Company: |
Royal Italian Opera |
| Language: |
English |
| Condition: |
Good. |
| Related work: |
Semiramide
Lucrezia Borgia
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Don Giovanni
Lucia di Lammermoor
Don Pasquale
Les Huguenots
Fidelio
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