Poor Vulcan (1778)

Original id: 
12355
Start date: 
4 February 1778
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Burletta. Music and libretto. After Motteux's Loves of Mars and Venus (1696). Additional music - Thomas Arne; 1 song by Dr. Samuel Arnold.
Media of production: 
Opera, musical and related genres
Companies:
Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Metamorphoses Ovid
Odyssey Homer
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) 4 February, 1778
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.1 Book library 201-02 Grove 1980, 5:427; 1:618 / Nicoll 1959-66, 3:116f., 195, 255

How to cite this production

Poor Vulcan (1778), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12355 <15 May 2024>