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La tempesta : an entirely new grand opera, in three acts, with a prologue / the music composed by Halevy ; the poem by Scribe, founded on "The Tempest" of Shakspeare ; and composed expressly for Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket 1850.
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Author
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Date published
1850
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Publisher
[London] : Published and sold at Her Majesty's Theatre, [1850?]
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Subject
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Accession number
83021469
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Class
50.31 opera/SCR
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Physical description
79, [1] page ; 21 cm.
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General note: U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Cover title; copyright and legal notice--front cover; price on front cover: two shillings; terms of availability--front cover; "W.S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press," 60, St. Martin's Lane"--verso of front cover; preface--page 3; note on librettist--pages 4-5; note on composer--pages 6-7; synopsis--page 8; "director of the music and conductor, Mr. Balfe"--page 9; advertisement--page [1] at end. "The scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall"--front cover. "The incidental dances by M. Paul Taglioni"--front cover. "The costumes designed and executed under the superintendence of Madame Copere"--front cover. Dramatis personae: ALFONSO. Signor Lorenzo -- PROSPERO. Signor Coletti -- ANTONIO. Signor F. Lablache -- FERDINAND. Signor Baucarde -- TRINCULO. Signor Ferrari -- STEPHANO. Madlle. Parodi -- SYCORAX. Madlle. Ida Bertrand -- SPIRIT OF THE AIR. Madlle. Giuliani -- ARIEL. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi -- CALIBAN. Signor Lablache -- MIRANDA. Madame Sontag--page 9. Performance: London, Her Majesty's, 1850.