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| − | ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].
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| − | ''[[The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein]]'' by C.L. Kenney (1867) and ''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' by C.H.E. Brookfield (Savoy Theatre, London, 4 December 1897).
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A satirical critique of unthinking militarism, the opera parodies Catherine the Great and tells of a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way.
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| − | The opera was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867 and went on to have a long history of performance across the globe. It was first heard in New York City in French, at the Théâtre Français in September 1867.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | There are two English versions of Offenbach's work.
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| − | ''[[The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein]]'', an English translation by Charles Kenney ()[], was performed at Covent Garden, London, in November 1867 and in New York City at the New York Theatre in 1868. (Also referred to simply as ''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' in some sources)
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| − | A new English translation and adaptation (a bowdlerised version of the more risqué French text) was done by Charles Brookfield ()[] with lyrics by Adrian Ross ()[]. This was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1897–98 at the Savoy Theatre, opening on 4 December, 1897. Brookfield also performed the role of "Baron Grog" in the production, as one of his last acting roles.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1887: Performed in English as ''[[ The Grand Duchess]]'' performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach
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| − | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.385-6, 438
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