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| − | ''[[Der Krumme Teufel]]'' ("The Lame Devil" or "The Limping Devil") is an opera comique in two acts by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn. | + | ''[[Der Krumme Teufel]]'' ("The Lame Devil" or "The Limping Devil") is an opera comique in two acts by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Felix_von_Kurz], with music by Joseph Haydn. First performed ca. 1751, but banned after 2 performances, then revived and probably revised as ''[[Der Neue Krumme Teufel]]''("The Return of the Lame Devil", and performed ca. 1757, published ca. 1760. |
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Revision as of 17:30, 8 January 2016
Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel is a three act opera comique[1] by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[2], with music by Joseph Haydn.
The original text
Der Krumme Teufel ("The Lame Devil" or "The Limping Devil") is an opera comique in two acts by Joseph Felix von Kurz (1717-1784)[3], with music by Joseph Haydn. First performed ca. 1751, but banned after 2 performances, then revived and probably revised as Der Neue Krumme Teufel("The Return of the Lame Devil", and performed ca. 1757, published ca. 1760.
It would appear that a three act version entitled Asmodeus der Krumme Teufel was then written by Von Kurz, published and printed by Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, in 1770
Translations and adaptations
F.C.L. Bosman (1928[4]: p. 129) suggests that it may possibly have been translated into French as Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable.
See the French play Asmodée, ou La Philosophie du Díable
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Asmodeus_der_krumme_Teufel.html?id=PM25mwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman (1928[5]: p.129.
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