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See also:MICHAEL See also:KELLY (1762–1826)
, See also:British actor, See also:singer and composer, was the son of a See also:Dublin See also:wine-See also:merchant and dancing-See also:master
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He had a musical See also:education at See also:home and in See also:Italy, and for four years from 1783 was engaged to sing at the See also:Court See also:Theatre at See also:Vienna, where he became a friend of See also:Mozart
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In 1786 he sang in the first performance of the Nozze di See also:Figaro
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Appearing in See also:London, at See also:Drury See also:Lane in 1787, he had a See also:great success, and thenceforth was the See also:principal See also:English See also:tenor at that theatre
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In 1793 he became acting-manager of the See also: |
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