Pierre François Laporte Her Majesty's Theatre

the royal box

in 1828, ebers succeeded theatre manager pierre françois laporte, held position (with brief gap in 1831–33) until death in 1841. 2 of rossini s paris operas (le comte ory , le siège de corinthe) had british premieres @ theatre during period, , laporte first introduce operas of vincenzo bellini (la sonnambula, norma , puritani) , gaetano donizetti (anna bolena, lucia di lammermoor , lucrezia borgia) british public. under laporte, singers such giulia grisi, pauline viardot, giovanni battista rubini, luigi lablache , mario made london stage debuts @ theatre. among musical directors of period nicolas bochsa, celebrated , eccentric french harpist. appointed in 1827 , remained 6 years @ position. when queen victoria ascended throne in 1837, name of theatre changed majesty s theatre, italian opera house. in same year, samuel phelps made london début shylock in merchant of venice @ theatre, playing in other shakespearean plays here.

over course of 1840s, dion boucicault had 5 plays produced here: bastile [sic], after-piece (1842), old heads , young hearts (1844), school scheming (1847), confidence (1848), , knight arva (1848). in 1853, robert browning s colombe s birthday played @ theatre.

in 1841, disputes arose on laporte s decision replace baritone antonio tamburini new singer, colletti. audience stormed stage, , performers formed revolutionary conspiracy .