Michael Kelly in Haymarket, London - 7 April, 1796
from Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, page 81:
On the 7th of April, Madame Banti took for her benefit, at the Opera, Gluck's grand serious opera of Alceste. Mr. Taylor, the then proprietor of the Opera House, and Madame Banti, made a request to Mr. Sheridan, to give me permission to act the principal part in the opera, which I had so often performed at Vienna, under the tuition of the great composer. The knowledge of my having success- fully performed it at that theatre, induced Madame Banti to ask me to act it at the Haymarket. I got permission, and the opera made so great a hit, that Mr. Taylor, with the consent of Mr. Sheridan, … more >>
Michael Kelly, Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, volume 2 (London, 1826), p. 81. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436472126635 accessed: 3 December, 2024
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Alceste
written by Christoph Willibald Gluck |
performed by Michael Kelly, Madame Banti |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 7 April, 1796 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |