1st Edition

London Opera Observed 1711–1844, Volume V 1821-1844

404 Pages

by Routledge

404 Pages

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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

Richard Mackenzie Bacon, Opera in England as Seen in the Quarterly Musical Magazine (1821-8)

The Weber Phenomenon

‘Prefatory Remarks’ to Der Freyschütz (1824)

[Anon.], Review of Der Freischütz (1824)

[Anon.], Review of Oberon (1826)

[Anon.], Vocal and Dramatic Institution, a Prospectus (1829)

[Anon.], An Explanation of the Differences Between the Manager of the Italian Opera and the Non-Conforming Members of the Late Orchestra (1829)

Thomas Monck Mason at the King’s Theatre

Thomas Monck Mason, Prospectus of the Plan Intended to be Pursued in the Direction of the Italian Opera House (1831)

Thomas Monck Mason, Programming the Arrangements at the King’s Theatre for the Season (1832)

Herbert Rodwell’s National Opera

G. Herbert Rodwell, A Letter to the Musicians of Great Britain (1833)