Opera in Dublin, 1705-1797 : the social scene / T.J. Walsh.
By: Walsh, T. J [author]
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BookPublisher: Dublin : Allen Figgis, [1973]Description: xv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Opera -- 18th century | Dublin (Ireland) -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 782.1094183 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 782.1094183 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00181641 | ||
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 782.1094183 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00164630 | |
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 782.1094183 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00103787 |
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"A list of first performances of the more important operas, masques and stage oratorios produced in Dublin between 1705 and 1797": pag 325-331.
"Classified list of performances of Italian and French operas given in Dublin between 1761 and 1789": pages 332-333.
Bibliography: (pages 365-369) and index.
That perpetual singing, 1705-1709 -- The enigma of Nicolini, 1711 -- A masque at the castle, 1725-1727 -- From prison to pastoral, 1728-1735 -- The best voices and hands, 1735-1742 -- A very thinking task, 1742-1750 -- The English taste in general, 1750-1761 -- A kind of poor relation to an opera, 1761-1762 -- More poor relations, 1763-1765 -- Divisions and difficulties, 1765-1766 -- Seven years of English opera, 1770-1777 -- The Italian opera, 1777-1778 -- Though in a foreign language, 1781-1782 -- Not a word of Italian, 1782-1784 -- 'Orpheus' and Mrs Billington, 1784-1786 -- Michael Kelly and Mrs. Crouch, 1787-1789 -- The arrival of Madame Mara, 1790-1792 -- The end of an era, 1792-1797.