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MICHAEL 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-master
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He had a musical See also: education at home and in See also: Italy, and for four years from 1783 was engaged to sing at the See also: Court Theatre at Vienna, where he became a friend of 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 Lane in 1787, he had a See also: great success, and thenceforth was the See also: principal See also: English tenor at that theatre
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In 1793 he became acting-manager of the See also: King's Theatre, and he was in great
See also: request at concerts
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He wrote a number of songs (including " The See also: Woodpecker"), and the See also: music for many dramatic pieces, now fallen into oblivion
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In 1826 he published his entertaining Reminiscences, in writing which he was helped by See also: Theodore See also: Hook
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He combined his professional See also: work with conducting a music-See also: shop and a wine-shop, but with disastrous See also: financial results
.
He died at See also: Margate on the 9th of See also: October 1826
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