Purchased with the Ellesmere collection from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. The collection was purchased by John Payne Collier. In 1853, he sold it to Francis Egerton, Viscount Brackley and 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857).

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Semiramide Riconosciuta; or, Semiramis Discovered. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Pietro Metastasio. Alterations by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli
Manuscripts
Application Jan. 29, 1771, P: Crawford & Co, H1. Prod. Feb. 9. MS: title-page endorsed X and The Music entirely new by Signor Gioacchino Cocchi...The Poetry of Metastasio, alter'd and encreased by Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli; cast.
LA 316
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Nitteti. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli, from Pietro Metastasio
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H1, Apr. 19, 1774. MS: cast. (L.L. states performed H1, 1785.)
LA 373
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Alceste. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Pietro Metastasio
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H1, Dec. 23, 1786. MS: cast. See LA 399.
LA 751
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La Generosita d'Alessandro. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Pietro Metastasio, Alessandro nell' Indie
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H1, June 2, 1789. MS: dated May, 1789; cast.
LA 836
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La Vendemnira. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H1, May 9, 1789. MS: title-page dated 1789; cast. (Dated May 8, 1798, in B.C.)
LA 832
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Il Matrimonio Segreto. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati (?)
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H1, Jan. 11, 1794. MS: cast. See LA 1812, substantially the same.
LA 1005

Semiramide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli (?), from Pietro Metastasio

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