Benjamin Lumley (1811 – 17 March 1875 in London) was a British North America-born British opera manager and solicitor. Born Benjamin Levy, he was the son...
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Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has...
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His Majesty's Theatre, London (section Benjamin Lumley)
occurred within the walls of any theatre". Laporte died suddenly, and Benjamin Lumley took over the management in 1842, introducing London audiences to Donizetti's...
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Lumley may refer to: Surname: Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough Benjamin Lumley, theatre manager Brian Lumley, writer Charles Lumley, soldier Ed...
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terminate performance of a contract. Mlle Johanna Wagner was engaged by Benjamin Lumley to sing exclusively at Her Majesty's Theatre on Haymarket from 1 April...
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from other opera houses outside the country. The London impresario Benjamin Lumley had presented Ernani in 1845 and, as a result of its success, commissioned...
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sketches for any project. In Mendelssohn's last years the opera manager Benjamin Lumley tried to contract him to write an opera from Shakespeare's The Tempest...
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performing for Mr Gye further. The singer Johanna Wagner was engaged by Benjamin Lumley to sing exclusively at Her Majesty's Theatre for three months. Frederick...
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situation deteriorated. In 1849, she was encouraged by the impresario Benjamin Lumley to perform a season at Covent Garden Theatre. She proved to have fully...
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first found employment in teaching Italian to the future opera manager Benjamin Lumley. Mackay was twice married—first, during his Glasgow editorship, to...
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