Difference between revisions of "Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable"
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| − | It is referred to in the advert as "het niewe stuk" ("the new piece"), but no text or reference to such a French play can be found. [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928, p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn]. | + | It is referred to in the advert as "het niewe stuk" ("the new piece"), but no text or reference to such a French play can be found. [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928, p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of '''''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]''''', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn]. |
| − | Another very likely candidate text may have been ''[[Les Effets de la Haine et de la Constance, ou Asmodée Diable Boîteux]]'' ("the effects of hatred and constancy, or Asmodée the lame devil"), a comic "Opéra-Féerie" in prose and three acts. Inspired by the novel ''Le Sage'', with a text by Verteuil L'Aîné and music by Guillmino, it was first performed by Les Comédiens De Toulouse and in Marsellies, in 1777 and published in 1779. | + | Another very likely candidate text may have been '''''[[Les Effets de la Haine et de la Constance, ou Asmodée Diable Boîteux]]''''' ("the effects of hatred and constancy, or Asmodée the lame devil"), a comic "Opéra-Féerie" in prose and three acts. Inspired by the novel ''Le Sage'', with a text by Verteuil L'Aîné and music by Guillmino, it was first performed by Les Comédiens De Toulouse and in Marsellies, in 1777 and published in 1779. |
== South African performances == | == South African performances == | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 11 November 2016
Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable is a French opéra-comique[1] in five acts, by an anonymous author.
The original text
It is referred to in the advert as "het niewe stuk" ("the new piece"), but no text or reference to such a French play can be found. Bosman (1928, p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel, a three act opera comique[2] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[3], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[4].
Another very likely candidate text may have been Les Effets de la Haine et de la Constance, ou Asmodée Diable Boîteux ("the effects of hatred and constancy, or Asmodée the lame devil"), a comic "Opéra-Féerie" in prose and three acts. Inspired by the novel Le Sage, with a text by Verteuil L'Aîné and music by Guillmino, it was first performed by Les Comédiens De Toulouse and in Marsellies, in 1777 and published in 1779.
South African performances
1811: Performed in Cape Town on 15 July by the teacher François Agron with his young students (under 14 years of age).
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5777031b
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. p. 129
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