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Theatre. A New Opera for the second time here. Mr. Philipps's Last Night but Two. Monday Evening, March 4, 1822, Will be produced, a new Comic Opera, (second time here) called the Barber of Seville. Translated from the Italian. The Original Music by Rossini. Adapted to the English Stage, (with a new Overture) by Mr. Bishop, with additions by Mr. Philipps -- and performed in London, Dublin and New York, with unbounded applause. The Opera produced under the immediate direction of Mr. Philipps. Count Almiviva, Mr. Philipps, In which Character he will introduce the Ballad of 'The Soldier's Bride;' Pomposo, or a Receipt for an Italian Song, (a Mock Bravura)--and the Cavatina, by Bishop, 'Love Has Eyes.' Doctor Bartolo, Mr. Burke. ... : After which the Melo-Drama of Ella Rosenberg. Written by the Author of Raising the Wind, the World, Turn Out, &c. The Elector, Mr. Wheatly. ...

Publication:
[Philadelphia] : [Publisher not identified], [1822]
Format/Description:
Book
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 26.7 x 17.2 cm
Series:
Print Collection 8 ; box 21A no. 110.
Status/Location:
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Other Title:
Barber of Seville
Ella Rosenberg
Subjects:
Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855. Barber of Seville.
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia.
Kenney, James, 1780-1849. Ella Rosenberg.
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Specimens.
Theaters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Theaters.
Playbills.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Form/Genre:
Specimens.
Broadsides.
Playbills.
Castlists.
Place of Publication:
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Notes:
Printed area measures 24.7 x 15.3 cm.
Performance date: March 4, 1822.
The Chestnut Street Theatre was destroyed by fire on April 2, 1820. While the theater was being reconstructed, the players performed at the Walnut Street Theatre.
Local notes:
Print Collection 8 copy is box 21A no. 110 in a collection of playbills housed together.
Penn Chronology:
1822
Contributor:
Philipps, Thomas, 1774-1841, actor.
Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Playbill and Program Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Philadelphia Theater Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
OCLC:
953693619