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| − | ''[[Fanchon das Leyermädchen]]'' is German [[Singspiel]] ("ballad opera") in three acts by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Himmel], with a libretto by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[].
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| − | Though generally referred to simply as ''[[Fanchon]]'', the work originally had the working title of ''[[Fanchon das Leyermaedchen]]'' (a "Lustspiel mit Gesang"), but seems to be most opten to be found under the alternative full title of ''[[Fanchon das Leyermädchen]]'' (an "Oper(ette) nach dem französischen Vaudeville") and even ''[[Fanchon oder das Leyermädel]]''.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Based on a text/libretto by August von Kotzebue, in turn taken from a [[vaudeville]] piece by Joseph Maria Pain and Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, the play tells of the adventures and tribulations of a Savoyard waif who becomes rich singing in the boulevards of Paris.
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| − | Composed in 1804 and first performed in Berlin at the National Theatre on 5 May, 1804.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://imslp.org/wiki/Fanchon_das_Leyerm%C3%A4dchen_(Himmel%2C_Friedrich_Heinrich)
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Himmel
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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.203-205
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