Rosina (opera)

Rosina is a 1782 comic opera by William Shield to an English-language libretto by Frances Brooke. The opera was written in 1771/72 but only performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on 31 December 1782.^[1]

Recordings

Rosina – complete recording with original instrumentation but on modern instruments. With Margreta Elkins (Rosina), Elizabeth Harwood (Phoebe), Monica Sinclair (William), Robert Tear (Mr. Belville), Kenneth MacDonald (Captain Belville), Ambrosian Singers and London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conducting. Decca 1966, 50 minutes.

References

↑ Thomas Keymer and Peter Sabor, 'Pamela' in the Marketplace: Literary Controversy and Print Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press 2005, ISBN 9780521813372

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