[Gioacchino ROSSINI]. Printed concert program, Signor Rossini's First Concert, Almack's, London May 14, 1824; in-8 (framed). Rare program for Rossini's first concert in London, in the salons of Almack's on May 14 [1824]. Rossini not only conducted the Sinfonias de la Gazza Ladra and Tancredi, but also sang Figaro's Cavatina from his Barbiere di Siviglia and a duet by Cimarosa with Catalani. The program includes 11 compositions by Rossini, as well as arias by Generali, Cimarosa, Zingarelli and Guglielmi. The performers include some of the finest singers of his time, such as Manuel Garcia, Angelica Catalani, Giuditta Pasta, Lucia Vestris, etc., as well as "Madame C. Rossini", i.e. Isabella Colbran. A second concert will be given on June 11. [Rossini had arrived in London in December 1823; he left for Paris in September 1824].