Timon in Love (Lampe, John Frederick)

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Work Title Timon in Love
Alternative. Title The Innocent Theft
Composer Lampe, John Frederick
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJL 7
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1733-12-05 [more...]
Premiere Cast
Mr. Roberts (Timon)
Roger Bridgewater (Pierrot)
Mr. Hewitt (Socrates)
Kitty Clive (Mercury/Aspasia)
Henry Norris (Plutus)
John Topham (Iphicrates)
Mr. Jones (Caricles)
Christiana Horton (Eucharis)
Librettist John Kelly
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra

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An English adaptation of Timon le misanthrope (1722) by Louis-François Delisle de La Drevetière. The surviving arias (arranged for voice, flute/recorder, and continuo) are all for the character Mercury/Aspasia.