Lady Sedley et al. in London (Opera of Nobility at Lincoln's Inn Fields?) - March, 1735, at night

from The Correspondence of Sir Roger Newdigate of Arbury Warwickshire 1731-1806, pages S. 2:

Letter from Roger Newdigate to his mother Elizabeth Newdigate

11 March 1733 [1735]

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Roger Newdigate, and A.W.A. White Dugdale Society (ed.), The Correspondence of Sir Roger Newdigate of Arbury Warwickshire 1731-1806 (Hertford, 1995), p. S. 2. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1686216750258 accessed: 19 December, 2024

location of experience: London (Opera of Nobility at Lincoln's Inn Fields?)

Listeners

Sir Roger Newdigate
antiques collector, Architect, Politician
1719-1806

Listening to

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performance of unspecified opera singing performed by Farinelli (Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi )

Experience Information

Date/Time March, 1735, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

The famous Italian castrato singer that Newdigate describes was probably Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, stage name Farinelli. He first performed in London for the 1734/35 opera season at a theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, hence the letter, dated 1733 in the source, is more likely to be March 1735.

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:32:30 +0100
Approved on Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:28:25 +0100