Joncus, Berta. 2008. '“The Power of Sound and Sing-Song”: The Production of Star Tenor John Beard'. In: John Rich and the Eighteenth-Century London Stage: Commerce, Magic and Management. Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom 25 - 27 January 2008. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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John Rich and the Eighteenth-Century London Stage: Commerce, Magic and Management was held at The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, 26-27 January 2008 and featured a private tour of the Garrick Club. Presentations included papers on dance, music for the eighteenth-century stage, performance and gender, and staging Handel’s operas, among other topics. Multiple performing artists took part in the ‘Benefit Performance for John Rich’ , an entertainment featuring commedia dell’arte, French dance, opera arias, ballads and instrumental music. Artists included: Musicians of the Royal Academy of Music (director Laurence Cummings), Circus Space, Neil Jenkins, and Edith Lalonger (Paris).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Music
Dates:	Date Event 27 January 2008 Completed
Event Location:	Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom
Date range:	25 - 27 January 2008
Item ID:	35458
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2024 16:20
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2024 16:20
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35458

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