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London Opera Observed 1711–1844, Volume IV: 1799-1821 book cover

1st Edition

London Opera Observed 1711–1844, Volume IV 1799-1821

Edited By Michael Burden Copyright 2013
417 Pages
by Routledge

417 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

[William Taylor], Memorandum, August, 1799 King’s Theatre (1799)

John Thomas Mathias, Pandolpho Attonito!; or, Lord Galloway’s Political Lamentation (1800)

Robert Houlton, A Review of the Musical Drama (1801)

Philofiddle (pseud.), A Letter from Philofiddle to the Public (1805)

Edmund Waters at the Opera House I

Edmund Waters, King’s Theatre, Haymarket, January 11, 1808. To the Nobility and the Gentry (1808)

Edmund Waters, The Opera Glass (1808)

Madame Catalani (and Others) Causes a Stir at Covent Garden

Theatricus (pseud.), Theatrical Taxation (1808)

[Anon.], A Few Strictures on the Engagement of Mad. Catalani (1809)

A Renter, A Short Address to the Public, Respecting Raising the Prices at Covent-Garden Theatre, and Engaging Madame Catalani (1809)

Arthur Simpson, Some Memoirs of Madame Catalani (1811)

C.O., A Letter on Cosi fan tutte (1811)

The Opera House in 1811

Henry Francis Greville, A Letter to the Subscribers to the Opera (1811)

[Anon.], ‘Mr. William Taylor of the Opera House’, (1811)

Beazley, A Description of the English Opera-House (1816)

Edmund Waters at the Opera House II

Edmund Waters, ‘Statement to the Nobility and the Gentry’ (1816)

Edmund Waters, Regulations to be Henceforth Observed at the King’s Theatre (1816)

Richard Mackenzie Bacon, ‘The Operas of H.R. Bishop’ (1818)

Edmund Waters at the Opera House III

Edmund Waters, A Statement of Matters, relative to the King’s Theatre (1818)

Veritas (pseud.), Opera House, a Review of this Theatre (1818)

Richard Mackenzie Bacon, An Analysis of ‘A Statement of Matters’ (1818)

[Anon.], Particulars relative to the King’s Theatre, or Opera House (1820)

J.W.S., Dedication and Apology to The Innocent Usurper (1821)

Editorial Notes

Biography

Edited by Michael Burden

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