The Reformed Drunkard

The Reformed Drunkard is an English translation of Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold, itself the German version of the French an opéra-comique  L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable ("The reformed drunkard or the devil's wedding"),  a work in two parts, with music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), and a libretto  by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784) and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815). First performed in the Burgtheater, Vienna in 1760.

Performance history in South Africa
1995: Performed in English by students of the Opera School, University of the Witwatersrand, directed by Emma Renzi.

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