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 Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, of which he describes the rehearsal…mehr
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 Mozart's 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, cover an extraordinary life during turbulent times but also provide rich first-hand insights into a key period in theatre history.
Volume 1: 1. The author's birth and parentage 2. Departure of the author for Naples 3. Visits to Baja, Posilipo, the Grotta del Cane, and the Capo del Monte 4. Interview with the King and Queen of Naples 5. Kelly's visit to Rome, with Mr. Stewart and family 6. Return of the author to Naples 7. Arrival of the author in the Bay of Leghorn 8. Florence and its vicinity 9. Arrival at Venice, where the author, disappointed of his engagement, was left friendless and pennyless 10. Departure of the author, and Signor and Signora Benini, from Venice for Germany 11. Procession of the Doge to St. Marc's in passion-week 12. Introduction of the author to the Marquess and Marchioness Bevi Acqua 13. Grand Theatre at Parma 14. Carnival at Vienna 15. Visit to the great Haydn, at Eisenstadt 16. His Royal Highness the Duke of York at Vienna 17. Palace at Luxemburgh 18. First performance of the Nozze di Figaro 19. The author entreats leave of the Emperor to go to England 20. A German journey 21. Italian opera at Stutgard 22. Faubourg St. Germains 23. Jack Johnstone and Mrs. Billington, in Love in a Village 24. Fine taste of his late Majesty, in a suggestion as to the manner of performing the chorus, 'Life up your heads' 25. Introduction to Tate Wilkinson 26. Shakespeare's jubilee 27. First year of George Colman the Younger's management at the Haymarket 28. Mrs. Siddon at Calais. Volume 2: 1. First performance of the Siege of Belgrade 2. The author's mistake in taking Sir Charles Turner for Hobler, the chorus-singer 3. The author at Paris 4. Paesiello's comic opera, the 'Zingari in Fiera', at the King's Theatre 5. The Beggar's Opera prohibited in Dublin 6. Edinburgh 7. First performance of the Wheel of Fortune 8. The author apprehended as a French spy at Dover 9. Fracas at Plymouth Dock 10. Anecdotes of Monk Lewis 11. Mazzanti, the Italian soprano, at the performance of the Beggar's Opera Travestied 12. Mrs. Billington's dismay at the unexpected appearance of Monsieur de Felican, her husband 13. Difficulty of eating on the stage 14. The King's Theatre opened by Mr. Francis Goold 15. Tobin's Honey Moon 16. Miss De Camp in the 'Forty Thieves' 17. Madame Catalani dancing in a kitchen at Bangor, to the music of an old blind harper 18. Covent Garden Theatre burnt to the ground 19. The author's last appearance on the stage 20. Kean's first appearance as a tragedian in 'Shylock' 21. Arrival at Paris 22. Death of Sheridan 23. List of sixty-two dramatic pieces, for which Kelly composed the music Appendix.
Volume 1: 1. The author's birth and parentage 2. Departure of the author for Naples 3. Visits to Baja, Posilipo, the Grotta del Cane, and the Capo del Monte 4. Interview with the King and Queen of Naples 5. Kelly's visit to Rome, with Mr. Stewart and family 6. Return of the author to Naples 7. Arrival of the author in the Bay of Leghorn 8. Florence and its vicinity 9. Arrival at Venice, where the author, disappointed of his engagement, was left friendless and pennyless 10. Departure of the author, and Signor and Signora Benini, from Venice for Germany 11. Procession of the Doge to St. Marc's in passion-week 12. Introduction of the author to the Marquess and Marchioness Bevi Acqua 13. Grand Theatre at Parma 14. Carnival at Vienna 15. Visit to the great Haydn, at Eisenstadt 16. His Royal Highness the Duke of York at Vienna 17. Palace at Luxemburgh 18. First performance of the Nozze di Figaro 19. The author entreats leave of the Emperor to go to England 20. A German journey 21. Italian opera at Stutgard 22. Faubourg St. Germains 23. Jack Johnstone and Mrs. Billington, in Love in a Village 24. Fine taste of his late Majesty, in a suggestion as to the manner of performing the chorus, 'Life up your heads' 25. Introduction to Tate Wilkinson 26. Shakespeare's jubilee 27. First year of George Colman the Younger's management at the Haymarket 28. Mrs. Siddon at Calais. Volume 2: 1. First performance of the Siege of Belgrade 2. The author's mistake in taking Sir Charles Turner for Hobler, the chorus-singer 3. The author at Paris 4. Paesiello's comic opera, the 'Zingari in Fiera', at the King's Theatre 5. The Beggar's Opera prohibited in Dublin 6. Edinburgh 7. First performance of the Wheel of Fortune 8. The author apprehended as a French spy at Dover 9. Fracas at Plymouth Dock 10. Anecdotes of Monk Lewis 11. Mazzanti, the Italian soprano, at the performance of the Beggar's Opera Travestied 12. Mrs. Billington's dismay at the unexpected appearance of Monsieur de Felican, her husband 13. Difficulty of eating on the stage 14. The King's Theatre opened by Mr. Francis Goold 15. Tobin's Honey Moon 16. Miss De Camp in the 'Forty Thieves' 17. Madame Catalani dancing in a kitchen at Bangor, to the music of an old blind harper 18. Covent Garden Theatre burnt to the ground 19. The author's last appearance on the stage 20. Kean's first appearance as a tragedian in 'Shylock' 21. Arrival at Paris 22. Death of Sheridan 23. List of sixty-two dramatic pieces, for which Kelly composed the music Appendix.
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