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''[[La Juive]]'' ("The Jewess") is a grand opera in five acts by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[],  with an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe ()[].
 
''[[La Juive]]'' ("The Jewess") is a grand opera in five acts by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[],  with an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe ()[].
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==The original text==
  
 
The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835.
 
The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
The Scribe libretto was adapted into [[Dutch]] as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama")  called '''''[[De Jodin]]''''' ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838.  
 
The Scribe libretto was adapted into [[Dutch]] as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama")  called '''''[[De Jodin]]''''' ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838.  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
1892: Performed as ''[[De Jodin]]'' by [[amateur]]s drawn from the societies [[Aurora]] and [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 July, with ''[[Het Dorpspleidooi]]'' (Van Ray).
 
1892: Performed as ''[[De Jodin]]'' by [[amateur]]s drawn from the societies [[Aurora]] and [[De Eendracht]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 July, with ''[[Het Dorpspleidooi]]'' (Van Ray).
  
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== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the Dutch text by Hempel, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=x-NNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=De+Jodin+door+Hempel&source=bl&ots=uIbyvijGtu&sig=ACfU3U1HjZecdhfRXI47L_uPS1Nf5Edn6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz3bG6gs3kAhUUsHEKHaqQCigQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Jodin%20door%20Hempel&f=false]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 451
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
  
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
  
Facsimile version of the Dutch text by Hempel, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=x-NNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=De+Jodin+door+Hempel&source=bl&ots=uIbyvijGtu&sig=ACfU3U1HjZecdhfRXI47L_uPS1Nf5Edn6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz3bG6gs3kAhUUsHEKHaqQCigQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=De%20Jodin%20door%20Hempel&f=false]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 08:47, 13 September 2019

La Juive ("The Jewess") is a grand opera in five acts by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[], with an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe ()[].

The original text

The French work was first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 23 February 1835.

Translations and adaptations

The Scribe libretto was adapted into Dutch as a "Groot Melodrama" ("great melodrama") called De Jodin ("The Jewess") by W. Hempel ()[] and published in Utrecht by L.E. Bosch in 1838.

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed as De Jodin by amateurs drawn from the societies Aurora and De Eendracht in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 July, with Het Dorpspleidooi (Van Ray).

Sources

Facsimile version of the Dutch text by Hempel, Google E-book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 451

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page