Following on from the volume on 'The King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1778-1791' (published by OUP in 1995), this interdisciplinary study of opera and ballet now turns to London's Pantheon Opera during the period 1789-95. The Pantheon Opera, founded in 1790, aimed to give London a kind of court opera that would feature opera seria and ballet d'action.
a fascinating read, constantly throwing up vivid insights into London life of the time, often with a dry wit ... What has given this book the edge over others on the subject is the discovery by the authors of what they term a massive cache of opera manuscripts in the Bedford Estates Office (London) in 1985.
