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    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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    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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