La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein - Revision history

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: British opera singer, Ann Bishop, while giving concerts in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and Durban also  initiated productions with local opera groups, including Jacques Offenbach's ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'').
+: British opera singer, [[Anna Bishop]], while giving concerts in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and Durban also  initiated productions with local opera groups, including Jacques Offenbach's ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'').
 : Performed in English as '''''[[ The Grand Duchess]]''''' by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while the visiting  South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street. ([[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, mistakenly attributes the text to Brookfield, but given the date of the Cape Town production,  this must have been the Kenney version.)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: British opera singer, Ann Bishop, while giving concerts in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and Durban also  initiated productions with local opera groups, including Vincenzo Bellini's ''[[La sonnambula]]''.
+: British opera singer, Ann Bishop, while giving concerts in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and Durban also  initiated productions with local opera groups, including Jacques Offenbach's ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'').
 : Performed in English as '''''[[ The Grand Duchess]]''''' by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while the visiting  South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street. ([[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, mistakenly attributes the text to Brookfield, but given the date of the Cape Town production,  this must have been the Kenney version.)

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.385-6, 438		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.385-6, 438
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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1876: British opera singer, Ann Bishop, while giving concerts in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg and Durban also initiated productions with local opera groups, including Vincenzo Bellini's ''[[La sonnambula]]''.

	1887: Performed in English as '''''[[ The Grand Duchess]]''''' by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while the visiting South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street. ([[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1980, mistakenly attributes the text to Brookfield, but given the date of the Cape Town production, this must have been the Kenney version.)		1887: Performed in English as '''''[[ The Grand Duchess]]''''' by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while the visiting South Africa under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street. ([[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1980, mistakenly attributes the text to Brookfield, but given the date of the Cape Town production, this must have been the Kenney version.)

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brookfield		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brookfield
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Ross

	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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 The first English translation was by Charles Lamb Kenney (1821-1881)[https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3436.html], and was performed at Covent Garden, London, in November 1867 and in New York City at the New York Theatre in 1868. The text was published in London by Boosey & Co. in 1868.
-A new English translation and adaptation (a bowdlerised version of the more risqué French text) was done by  Charles Brookfield (C.H.E. Brookfield, 1857–1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brookfield] with lyrics by Adrian Ross ()[]. This was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1897–98 at the Savoy Theatre, opening on 4 December, 1897.  Brookfield also performed the role of "Baron Grog" in the production, as one of his last acting roles.
+A new English translation and adaptation (a bowdlerised version of the more risqué French text) was done by  Charles Brookfield (C.H.E. Brookfield, 1857–1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brookfield] with lyrics by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Ross]. This was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1897–98 at the Savoy Theatre, opening on 4 December, 1897.  Brookfield also performed the role of "Baron Grog" in the production, as one of his last acting roles.
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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy

	https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3436.html		https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3436.html

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac

	https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3436.html		https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3436.html

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−	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an opéra bouffe[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_bouffe] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].	+	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an opéra bouffe[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_bouffe] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac (1830-1897[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac] and Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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−	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an opéra bouffe[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_bouffe] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].	+	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an opéra bouffe[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_bouffe] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Hal%C3%A9vy].

	==The original text==		==The original text==