L'Olimpiade, an opera, as perform'd at the King's-Theatre in the Hay-Market [electronic resource] : The music by several eminent masters. Executed under the direction of Signor Guglielmi, a neapolitan composer. The poetry of this opera originally belonged to metastasio; to which, without prejudice to the principal action, an entire new turn is given, some airs changed, different parts of the recitative altered, the quintetto added in the second act, and the duet in the third.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed by W. Griffin, bookseller and stationer, in Catharine-Street, in the Strand, Nov. 1769.
Description
39,[1]p. ; 8⁰.

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Notes
  • This is actually a pastiche.
  • Parallel Italian and English texts.
  • Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.)
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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English Short Title Catalog, T186116.
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Eighteenth century collections online 2
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