Viva la Mamma
Viva la Mamma opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni.
Also known as Viva la Diva or Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali ("Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage").
Contents
The original text
Adapted from Antonio Simeone Sografi's plays Le convenienze teatrali (1794) and Le inconvenienze teatrali (1800).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2012: Presented at the Suidoosterfees (16–19 February)
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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