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| − | ''[[The Reformed Drunkard]]'' is an English translation of ''[[Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold]]'', itself the German version of the French ''opera comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique], ''[[L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable]]'', a work in two parts, with music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck], and a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Anseaume] and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lourdet_de_Santerre]. First performed in the Burgtheater, Vienna in 1760. | + | ''[[The Reformed Drunkard]]'' is an English translation of ''[[Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold]]'', itself the German version of the French ''opera comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique], ''[[L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable]]'' ("The reformed drunkard or the devil's wedding"), a work in two parts, with music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck], and a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Anseaume] and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lourdet_de_Santerre]. First performed in the Burgtheater, Vienna in 1760. |
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The Reformed Drunkard is an English translation of Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold, itself the German version of the French opera comique[1], L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable ("The reformed drunkard or the devil's wedding"), a work in two parts, with music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[2], and a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[3] and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815)[4]. First performed in the Burgtheater, Vienna in 1760.
Performance history in South Africa
1995: Performed in English by students of the Opera School, University of the Witwatersrand, directed by Emma Renzi[5].
Sources
http://www.theatertexte.de/nav/2/2/3/werk?verlag_id=baerenreiter&wid=5431064&ebex3=3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Gluck
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Renzi
Programme notes of student production in 1995.
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