The Monthly Mirror1809 |
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Page 33
... opera , before Charles the First , and his queen , at Whitehall , in the year 1634 . MARTIN . ACCORDING to the preface , p . xxxvi . to Beaumont and Fletcher's works , a masque written by Beaumont alone , and printed 1711 , was ...
... opera , before Charles the First , and his queen , at Whitehall , in the year 1634 . MARTIN . ACCORDING to the preface , p . xxxvi . to Beaumont and Fletcher's works , a masque written by Beaumont alone , and printed 1711 , was ...
Page 48
... operas , by which may be understood every sort of opera performed at the regular theatres , without , as was formerly the case , throwing the dialogue into recitative . In consequence of this grant , his lordship has had various ...
... operas , by which may be understood every sort of opera performed at the regular theatres , without , as was formerly the case , throwing the dialogue into recitative . In consequence of this grant , his lordship has had various ...
Page 49
... opera was received with great favour and considerable applause . We suppose that the author intends the plot of his English operas to be very simple . Nothing can be more so than the fable of the present . Admiral Blunt , “ a midshipman ...
... opera was received with great favour and considerable applause . We suppose that the author intends the plot of his English operas to be very simple . Nothing can be more so than the fable of the present . Admiral Blunt , “ a midshipman ...
Page 50
... opera is formed on a very different conception from Mr. Arnold's , if it so en- . tirely precludes wit , and sò sparingly admits of humour and character . The songs are remarkably well introduced , and connected with the pas- sing scene ...
... opera is formed on a very different conception from Mr. Arnold's , if it so en- . tirely precludes wit , and sò sparingly admits of humour and character . The songs are remarkably well introduced , and connected with the pas- sing scene ...
Page 51
... Opera House into certainly too confined a soil to flourish . The new Frenchman and Master Noble , aim to be Deshayes and Vestris , and Miss Lupino emulates Angiolini . With tip - top dancers , it might do very well in toto ; but nothing ...
... Opera House into certainly too confined a soil to flourish . The new Frenchman and Master Noble , aim to be Deshayes and Vestris , and Miss Lupino emulates Angiolini . With tip - top dancers , it might do very well in toto ; but nothing ...
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