Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. First appearance, for two years, at these performances, of Signor De Begnis! A grand performance of antient and modern music, this evening, Wednesday, March 14, 1832.

Record ID: 
403124
Accession number: 
PMC 1141
Title: 
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. First appearance, for two years, at these performances, of Signor De Begnis! A grand performance of antient and modern music, this evening, Wednesday, March 14, 1832.
Published: 
[London] : J. Tabby, printer, Theatre Royal, Drury, 1832.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Cary Fund in 1998.
Notes: 

Conductor, Mr. H. R. Bishop.
Works to be performed: Part the first. Grand overture to Oberon / C.M. von Weber -- Orlando. Lascia amor / Handel -- Nitocri. Se m'abbandoni / Mercadante -- Selection from Rossini's "Guillaume Tell." Fair as a bride ; From the hills to the valley -- Tyrolean duet : At close of day -- O Absolom my son / Neukomm -- Fallen is thy throne, O Israel / Millico -- Coronation anthem : I was glad / Attwood -- Die Zauberflöte. Qui sdegno / Mozart -- Let me wander not unseen / Handel -- Il barbiere di Siviglio. Largo all factotum / Rossini -- Battle song / Shield -- Orynthia / Bishop -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. All'idea / Rossini -- Guillaume Tell. Hail to the house of Hapsburgh / Rossini. At the end of the first part, Master Viotti Collins, son of the celebrated "English Paganini," will perform, for the first time in London, his brilliant variations on the violin. Part the second. Der Vampyr. Grand overture / Marschner -- The curfew / Attwood -- Maometto 2do. Sorgete / Rossini -- We met / poetry by T. Haynes Bayly -- Il flauto magico. Non paventar / Mozart -- Pappataci -- Blow, blow, thou winter's wind / Arne -- Gaily chaunt the summer birds / De Pinna -- New Swiss air : le Mont Blanc -- Creation. Achieved is the glorious work / Haydn. Part the third. Guillaume Tell. Grand overture / Rossini -- John Anderson my Jo -- Nelson / Braham -- What shall he have that killed the deer? / Bishop -- Creation. Awake the harp / Haydn.
Principal vocal performers already engaged: Madame Stockhausen, Miss Pearson, Mrs. Bedford, Mrs. Mapleson, Mrs. H.R. Bishop, Mr. Braham, Signor De Begnis, Mr. T. Cooke, Mr. Templeton, Mr. E. Seguin, Mr. Bedford, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Phillips.
At foot of sheet: "In consequence of the already numerous enquiries at the box-office, Handel's sacred oratorio of "The Messiah," with additional accompaniments by Mozart, will be performed at this theatre, on Friday next."

Associated names: 

Tabby, J. (John), 1776-1839, printer.