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''[[Le Brasseur de Preston]]'' is an ''[[opéra-comique]]'' in three acts,  composed by Adolphe Adam (1803—1856)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam] to a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven (1802-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_de_Leuven] and Léon-Lévy Brunswick (1805-1859)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_L%C3%A9vy_Brunswick].  
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''[[Le Brasseur de Preston]]'' is an ''opéra-comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique] in three acts,  composed by Adolphe Adam (1803—1856)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam] to a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven (1802-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_de_Leuven] and Léon-Lévy Brunswick (1805-1859)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_L%C3%A9vy_Brunswick].  
  
  

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Le Brasseur de Preston is an opéra-comique[1] in three acts, composed by Adolphe Adam (1803—1856)[2] to a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven (1802-1884)[3] and Léon-Lévy Brunswick (1805-1859)[4].


The original play

It was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique, Salle de la Bourse on 31 October, 1838. It was published by in Paris by J. Delahante, n.d.(ca.1838).


Translations and adaptations

Translated into English and adapted as a one act burletta called The Queen's Horse by Honan and Planché.

For South African performances, see The Queen's Horse

Sources

Facsimile version of a review in The Aldine Magazine, Dec. 1838-June 1839, Volume 1: p. 29. (Google eBook)[5]

http://imslp.org/wiki/Le_brasseur_de_Preston_(Adam,_Adolphe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_L%C3%A9vy_Brunswick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_de_Leuven

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