Difference between revisions of "Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable"
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| − | ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French | + | ''[[Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable]]'' is a French ''opéra-comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique], performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811 by the teacher [[François Agron]] with his young students (under 14 years of age). |
No text or reference to such a French play can be found, and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn]. | No text or reference to such a French play can be found, and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of ''[[Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel]]'', a three act opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn]. | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 9 January 2016
Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable is a French opéra-comique[1], performed in Cape Town on 15 July 1811 by the teacher François Agron with his young students (under 14 years of age).
No text or reference to such a French play can be found, and F.C.L. Bosman (1928[2]: p. 129) suggests that this may possibly have been a translated version of Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel, a three act opera comique[3] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[4], with music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)[5].
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[6]: p. 129
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