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| − | ''[[La Gazza Ladra]]'' ("The Thieving Magpie") is a [[melodramma]] or [[opera semiseria]] in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Based on ''[[La Pie Voleuse]]'' ("The Thieving Magpie") by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez, it was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 31 May 1817. Published by Giacomo Pirola, 1823
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Adapted as a "[[burlesque]] [[burletta]]" called ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!]]'' by
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1861: Performed as ''[[The Maid and The Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon]]'' on 22 August and 15 September: The Irish Tutor (Butler), songs and dances by Miss Powell and (Byron). Led by Sefton Parry, the performers in this case included the professionals Mrs Parry, Mrs Delmaine and Miss Powell and the amateur comedian Murphy. '''See ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!]]'''''
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of the original text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=XNhUAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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