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In search of Elijah: an exploration of the premiere of Mendelssohn's oratorio in Birmingham and its first performers
[…] habit of referring to people by title and surname, so Miss Ashton, and hence boy trebles show up because they are referred to as Master). Interestingly, the choir was ranged in front of the orchestra, sopranos on the left with tenors behind them and altos on the right with basses behind them. There were ten soloists! The principal soloists were soprano Madame Caradori-Allan, mezzo-soprano Miss Maria B. Hawes, tenor Mr. Charles Lockey, and bass Herr Staudigl plus the Misses Williams who sang the duet "Lift thine eyes" (now a trio) and supplementary soloists Miss Bassano, Mr. J.W. Hobbs, Mr. Henry Phillips, and Mr. Machin, thus providing for the ability to sing the octet with solo voices. Quite who sang exactly what I have not yet been able to ascertain. What we can learn from this line up, however, is that the four main soloists sang the main eight named roles […]
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