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| − | Based on the comedy ''[[La Femme Jalouse]]'' by François-Antoine Jolly[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Antoine_Jolly], | + | Based on the 5 act comedy ''[[La Femme Jalouse]]'' by François-Antoine Jolly[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Antoine_Jolly], the opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in the Salle Favart on 20 April 1796. Published in 1796 as a "comédie mêlée de musique" ("a comedy with music"). |
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek. Published by Abraham Mars (Amsterdam), 1801. | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[Het Geheim]]'' by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek. Published by Abraham Mars (Amsterdam), 1801. | ||
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| + | Possibly translated into English as ''[[The Secret]]'' by W. Barrymore. | ||
== Performances in South Africa == | == Performances in South Africa == | ||
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http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Het_geheim.html?id=holWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y | http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Het_geheim.html?id=holWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of ''[[La Femme Jalouse]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=igmIQlEyeUcC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=la+femme+jalouse+Jolly&source=bl&ots=DlQBXcbBGW&sig=eJpXgrlOWX7yotfw40IkGzUBPCk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnk6ed8b7UAhVqJ8AKHXb6DKoQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=la%20femme%20jalouse%20Jolly&f=false] | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:16, 2 March 2021
Le Secret is a French one-act opéra by François Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828) and by Jean-Pierre Solié (1755- 1812).
The original text
Based on the 5 act comedy La Femme Jalouse by François-Antoine Jolly[1], the opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in the Salle Favart on 20 April 1796. Published in 1796 as a "comédie mêlée de musique" ("a comedy with music").
Translated into Dutch as Het Geheim by Pieter Gerardus Witsen Geysbeek. Published by Abraham Mars (Amsterdam), 1801.
Possibly translated into English as The Secret by W. Barrymore.
Performances in South Africa
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Het_geheim.html?id=holWAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
Facsimile version of La Femme Jalouse, Google E-book[2]
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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