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Book/Printed Material Merope : an opera : as perform'd at the Royal Theatre in the Hay-Market

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Title

  • Merope : an opera : as perform'd at the Royal Theatre in the Hay-Market

Names

  • Montagnana, Antonio. voc
  • Broschi, Riccardo, 1700-1756, supposed composer. cmp
  • Buckinghamshire, Elizabeth Hobart, Countess of. dte
  • Cori, Angelo. dto
  • Merighi, Antonia. voc
  • Broschi, Carlo, detto Farinello. voc
  • Tolve, Francesco. voc
  • Du Parc, Elis., detta la Francesina. voc
  • Chimenti, Marg., detta la Droghierina. voc

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by J. Chrichley, M.DCC.XXXVI.[i.e. 1736 or 7]

Headings

  • -  Operas--Librettos
  • -  Merope
  • -  Epitide
  • -  Cleone
  • -  Polifonte
  • -  Argia
  • -  Trasimede
  • -  Anassandro

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; price on title page: one shilling; libretto in Italian and English on facing pages; text preceding libretto in English and Italian; leaf inserted between p. 64 and 65, containing (verso only) added passages of text for act 3, scene 9 and for act 2; dedication, entirely in English, signed: Angelo Cori--p. 2-3; "Argument"/"Argomento"--p. 4-7.
  • -  Broschi's Merope given in London in 1737--Loewenberg.
  • -  "To Her Grace the Dutchess of Buckinghamshire and Normanby, &c. &c. &c."--verso of title page.
  • -  Dramatis Personae: MEROPE. Mrs. Antonia Merighi -- EPHITIDES/CLEONES. Mr. Charles Broschi called Farinello -- POLIPHONTES. Mr. Frances Tolve -- ARGIA. Mrs. Elizab. du Parc, called Francesina -- THRASIMEDES. Mrs. Marg. Chimenti, called Droghierina -- ANAXANDER. Mr. Anthony Montagnana--p. 8.
  • -  Performance: London, Royal Theatre in the Haymarket, 1736 or 7.

Medium

  • [2], 69, [5] p.; 1 leaf ; 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML48 [S1341]
  • Microfilm Music 1854, reel 29. Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [197-]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010665342

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Montagnana, Antonio. Voc, Riccardo Broschi, Elizabeth Hobart Buckinghamshire, Angelo. Dto Cori, Antonia. Voc Merighi, Carlo Broschi, Tolve, Francesco. Voc, Elis Du Parc, and Marg Chimenti. Merope: an opera: as perform'd at the Royal Theatre in the Hay-Market. [London: Printed by J. Chrichley, M.DCC.XXXVI.i.e. or 7, 1736] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665342/.

APA citation style:

Montagnana, A. V., Broschi, R., Buckinghamshire, E. H., Cori, A. D., Merighi, A. V., Broschi, C. [...] Chimenti, M. (1736) Merope: an opera: as perform'd at the Royal Theatre in the Hay-Market. [London: Printed by J. Chrichley, M.DCC.XXXVI.i.e. or 7] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010665342/.

MLA citation style:

Montagnana, Antonio. Voc, et al. Merope: an opera: as perform'd at the Royal Theatre in the Hay-Market. [London: Printed by J. Chrichley, M.DCC.XXXVI.i.e. or 7, 1736] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010665342/>.