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Total number of records: 389

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operas389
piano music (4 hands), arranged9
vocal duets with piano7
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overtures6
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Shield, William (1748-1829)30
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)27
Storace, Stephen (1762-1796)24
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)19
O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)14
Hullah, John13
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Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)11
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)11
Colman, George (1762-1836)10

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Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 924
WARD, Robert (1917- )
1956-1984
Robert Ward, Bernard Stambler "He Who Gets Slapped (Pantaloon): An Opera in Three Acts Based on the Play by Andreev: Vocal Score" (New York, 1961) /1/. Fliers for and photocopies of reviews of US prod...
Archive File:
MS 131
Gipsy's warning, Act 1, by Sir Julius Benedict
1838
Comprises a musical score for an opera
Archive File:
MS 961
Un ballo in maschera, by Giuseppe Verdi
c.1875-1900
Full score with libretto in English
Archive Print Item:
English J-0.033/DRY
Albion and Albanius : an opera

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Grabu, Louis (1694)

1735
Detached from Dryden's Dramatick works, v.5. London, 1735.
Archive Print Item:
English L-0.033/ARN
The Jew of Mogadore : a comic opera, in three acts

Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811); Kelly, Michael (1762-1826)

1808
Music by Kelly. Cf. Grove, 5th ed.
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/OPE
The Highland reel : a comic opera, in three acts. As it is performed at the Theatres-Royal in London and Dublin

O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833); Shield, William (1748-1829)

1789
The music composed and compiled by W. Shield.
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/DOW
The double disguise : a comic opera in two acts

Hook, Mr (1746-1827); Hook, Mrs James (1795)

1784
Libretto only, by Mrs. James Hook; cf. Grove's 5th ed.
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033 DOW
Rosina : a comic opera in two acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent Garden

Brooke, Frances (1724?-1789); Shield, William (1748-1829)

1783
Without the music (by Shield).
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/HUR
The travellers in Switzerland : a comic opera in three acts

Dudley, Sir H Bate (1745-1824); Shield, William (1748-1829)

1794
Libretto only. Without the music (composed and compiled by W. Shield); cf. Grove's 5th ed. Error in paging: no. 73-80 repeated.
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/JEP
Love in the East : or, Adventures of twelve hours. A comic opera, in three acts

Cobb, James (1756-1818); Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)

1788
Without the music (by Linley).
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/OPE
The poor soldier : a comic opera in two acts with all the original songs, as acted at the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden & Smock Alley

O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833); Shield, William (1748-1829)

1785
Without the music (compiled and composed by William Shield).
Archive Print Item:
English K-0.033/OPE
The agreeable surprise : A comic opera, in two acts

Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); O'Keeffe, John (1747-1833)

1792
Originally produced in Dublin under title: The secret enlarged.