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''[[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").

==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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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