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| − | ''[[Le Juif Errant]]'' ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. | + | ''[[Le Juif Errant]]'' ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromental_Hal%C3%A9vy], with a French libretto by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe] and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (1799-1875)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Henri_Vernoy_de_Saint-Georges]. |
''Not to be confused with Halévy and Scribe's other opera, '''''[[La Juive]]''''' ("the Jewess").'' | ''Not to be confused with Halévy and Scribe's other opera, '''''[[La Juive]]''''' ("the Jewess").'' | ||
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Le Juif Errant ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera by Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)[1], with a French libretto by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[2] and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (1799-1875)[3].
Not to be confused with Halévy and Scribe's other opera, La Juive ("the Jewess").
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The original text
Based on Eugène Sue's novel , Le Juif errant (1844-45), the opera opened at the Paris Opera (Salle Le Peletier) on 23 April 1852, and had 48 further performances over two seasons.
Translations and adaptations
Translated/adapted into Dutch as De Zwervende Jood ("The Wandering Jew") by Joseph Suasso de Lima. Though performed, the translation was never published.
Performance history in South Africa
1837: Performed in Dutch as De Zwervende Jood in Cape Town in 1837.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Juif_errant_(opera).
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 256-265, 374
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