Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Including a Period of Nearly Half a Century

By: Michael Kelly

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Paperback | 20 October 2011

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Michael Kelly (1762 1826) was an Irish singer and composer who studied music in a Naples conservatory before touring Europe and performing for royalty. His voyage to Italy began with a brush with pirates, one of whom was a childhood acquaintance. Kelly also found himself stranded penniless in Venice, spent a night in prison after a fist fight at the theatre, and had a narrow escape from revolutionary France. He is probably best remembered for creating the roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio in the first performance, in 1786, of Le Nozze di Figaro, of which he describes the rehearsal period and reception. He later joined London's Theatre Royal as both a performer and composer and opened a music shop, which went bankrupt. These memoirs, published in 1826, provide rich first-hand insights into a key period in theatre history. Volume 2 covers Kelly's later musical and theatrical career."

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First performance of the Siege of Belgrade
The author's mistake in taking Sir Charles Turner for Hobler, the chorus-singer
The author at Paris
Paesiello's comic opera, the 'Zingari in Fiera', at the King's Theatre
The Beggar's Opera prohibited in Dublin
Edinburgh
First performance of the Wheel of Fortune
The author apprehended as a French spy at Dover
Fracas at Plymouth Dock
Anecdotes of Monk Lewis
Mazzanti, the Italian soprano, at the performance of the Beggar's Opera Travestied
Mrs. Billington's dismay at the unexpected appearance of Monsieur de Felican, her husband
Difficulty of eating on the stage
The King's Theatre opened by Mr. Francis Goold
Tobin's Honey Moon
Miss De Camp in the 'Forty Thieves'
Madame Catalani dancing in a kitchen at Bangor, to the music of an old blind harper
Covent Garden Theatre burnt to the ground
The author's last appearance on the stage
Kean's first appearance as a tragedian in 'Shylock'
Arrival at Paris
Death of Sheridan
List of sixty-two dramatic pieces, for which Kelly composed the music
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Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Including a Period of Nearly Half a Century

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