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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | La Cifra |
| Author | Petrosellini, G |
| Date | 9 Mar 1798 [?] |
| Licence Application Date | 9 Mar 1798 [?] |
| First Performance Date | 10 Mar 1798 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1198 |
| Language | Italian |
| Document Description | A Scottish lord Fideling seeks to find a noblewoman he had fallen in love with. Lisotta is in love with him and thinks that she is the woman he has been looking for. It emerges that Eurilla is the woman in question, but she is working as a shepherdess. |
| Theme | Opera Royalty & Aristocracy Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | The King's Theatre, Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Federici, Vincent |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Viganoni, Signor Angelelli, Signora Braghetti, Signor Morelli, Signor |
| Genre | Comic Opera |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Scotland |
| Keywords | shepherd class nobility lord Scottish love romance courtship opera |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent Mar. 8. |
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