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equivalent situation. He also avoids his impending marriage by posing as a gardener in the
Justice's household. Rosetta and Thomas meet and soon fall in love. However, both of their families are determined to make them marry their intended future spouses. Just as all seems hopeless, Sir William arrives and reveals that the young lovers have in fact been betrothed to each other the whole time.
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was received enthusiastically at its premiere and became one of Arne's more popular operas, enjoying 40 performances in its first season alone. The work's success began a vogue for pastiche opera in
England that lasted well into the 19th century. The opera has subsequently been revived numerous
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The heroine of the story, Rosetta, is fearful of her impending marriage to a man she has never met. Worried that she will be miserable, she runs away from home and acquires a position as a chambermaid in the home of
Justice Woodcock. Meanwhile, the son of Sir William Meadows, Thomas, is in an
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208:. The opera was first published in 1763, but without recitative or librettos. A copy of the full score, which is partly in the composer’s hand, also survives and is in the collection of the library at the
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394:Whence can you inherit
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599:Based on:
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364:Synopsis
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313:Margery
300:Eustace
277:soprano
274:Lucinde
244:Rosetta
154:libretto
143:Giordani
104:, London
87:Premiere
74:Based on
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188:History
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