ROSSINI: Original 1818 Broadside for "New Comick Opera 'The Barber of Seville'"

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[Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792–1868)] [Paisiello, Giovanni. (1740-1816)]
"A New Comick Opera...called 'The Barber of Seville'" - Original 1818 Broadside
Original broadside for a Tuesday, November 10, 1818 performance at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, featuring "the Comedy of
The Clandestine Marriage
" to "which will be added (14th time) a New COMICK OPERA (in two acts) called The BARBER OF SEVILLE," which is further described as being actually "Founded on the Opera of that name," and being something of an adaptation of
The Barber of Seville
, "in which will be introduced part of Rossini's and Paisiello's celebrated Musick from
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
. The new Musick composed & the whole adapted to the English Stage, by Mr. Bishop."  It goes on to note that
The Barber of Seville
, "being fully established in publick favour, will be repeated for the 15th time Tomorrow."  Additional performances of other stage works are also noted, featuring such celebrated performers as Macready and Kemble. Creases and rough edges, but overall in fine condition.
Approximately 8.25 x 12.25 inches (21.3 x 42.5 cm).
Rossin's celebrated
opera buffa
in two acts with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy
Le Barbier de Séville
(1775), was first performed under the title
Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione
) on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.
The opera was first performed in England on 10 March 1818 at the
King's Theatre
in London in Italian, soon followed on 13 October at the
Covent Garden Theatre
by an English version translated by
John Fawcett
and
Daniel Terry
. The present broadside advertises the fourteenth performance thus in England.
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