1st Edition

London Opera Observed 1711–1844, Volume II 1763-1782

346 Pages

by Routledge

346 Pages

by Routledge

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The thrust of these five volumes is contained in their title, London Opera Observ’d. It takes its cue from the numerous texts and volumes which — during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries — used the concept of ‘spying’ or ‘observing’ by a narrator, or rambler, as a means of establishing a discourse on aspects of London life. The material in this five-volume reset... Read more

The Operas of Orione and Zanaida

Philetymus (pseud.), Critical Observations on the Tragic Opera of Orion (1763)

Arcangelo Bimolle, ‘Translation of a Letter from Signor Bimolle’ (1763)

Arcangelo Bimolle, ‘Translation of a Second Letter from Signor Bimolle’ (1763)

The Guardian Outwitted

Thomas Arne, Preface to The Guardian Out-Witted (1764)

Thomas Arne, An Elegy on the Death of The Guardian Outwitted (1765)

Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli, To the Reader, from Carattaco, drama (1767)

Dora Tenducci, A True and Genuine Narrative of Mr. and Mrs. Tenducci (1768)

[Anon.], The Lyric Muse Revived in Europe (1768)

Joseph Reed, Preface to Tom Jones, a Comic Opera (1769)

Carlo Francesco Badini, Preface to Il disertore; A New Comic Opera (1770)