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Survey of London
… chosen, with Lord Burlington and others, a Director of the Opera, 267 A caricature of his features appears among others …
Survey of London
… next to our dining-room', surrounded by the sheets of his opera Polly which 'two people from the binder' were busy …
Survey of London
… Sir Michael was a man of taste, a Director of the Opera and a subscriber to architectural publications. Robert …
Survey of London
… farce featuring 'Italian Airs and Duetts', a two-act opera, and an entr'acte 'The Metamorphosis of the Turk'. …
Old and New London
… terrible mischief in Cupid's calendar, at balls, theatre, opera, concert, and in the private boudoir of my … corner of the Piazza, and immediately adjoining the Opera House, with which it communicates, is the Floral Hall. … plan, by erecting an arcade on the south side of the new Opera House. The ground-plan of the building may be described …
Old and New London
… thought of taking an engagement as a singer at the Italian Opera, where she had an offer of 3,000 and a free benefit. … God bless the Inns of Court, And God bless D'Avenant's Opera, Which is the sport of sport." From an early date King …
Old and New London
… had just commenced with the reproduction of The Beggar's Opera a series of what would now be called blazes of triumph, …
Old and New London
… be built in Covent Garden will be after the model of the opera-house in the Haymarket; and by the draught that has … approved of for the same, it's said it will exceed the opera-house in magnificence of structure." The same paper for … And well was Handel avenged. In a few years the Italian Opera House in the Haymarket went out of fashion, and the …
Survey of London
… Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House Buildings CHAPTER VI. Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House: the Buildings Edward Shepherd's Theatre of 17312 … be built in Covent-Garden will be after the Model of the Opera-House in the Hay-Market; and by the Draught that has …
Survey of London
… Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House Management CHAPTER V Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House: the Management The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, stands upon the site of the …