De Ster van het Noorden

De Ster van het Noorden ("star of the north") is a Dutch musical comedy by J.M. Belinfante [].

The original text
Based on the French opera L'Etoile du Nord by Eugène Scribe  (1791-1861) and Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), published in Paris by Brandus,  in Berlin by Schlesinger and in London by Beale and Co in 1854.

Performance history in South Africa
1872: Performed in Dutch as De Ster van het Noorden by Aurora II in the hall of the Germania Hall, Cape Town on 24 September, with  Een Muzikale Gek (N.C. Koster).

1872: Performed in Dutch as De Ster van het Noorden by Aurora II in the hall of the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town on 8 October, with   Een Lotery (Melt J. Brink).

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