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| − | Based on the 1764 play ''[[Le Comte de | + | Based on the 1764 play ''[[Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge]]'' by Baculard d'Arnaud (1718–1805)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Thomas-Marie_de_Baculard_d%27Arnaud], (an adaptation des ''Mémoires du comte de Comminge'' by Mme de Tencin, 1735), the romantic opera tells of the struggles of the King of Castile, Alfonso XI, and his mistress, the "favourite" Leonora, against the backdrop of the political wiles of receding Moorish Spain and the life of the Catholic Church. It premiered on December 2, 1840 at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris, France. |
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La Favorite ("The Favourite") is an opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1838)[1] and , with a French libretto by Alphonse Royer (1803-1875)[2] and Gustave Vaëz (1812-1862)[3].
Also known by the Italian title of La Favorita.
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The original text
Based on the 1764 play Les Amans Malheureux, ou Le Comte de Comminge by Baculard d'Arnaud (1718–1805)[4], (an adaptation des Mémoires du comte de Comminge by Mme de Tencin, 1735), the romantic opera tells of the struggles of the King of Castile, Alfonso XI, and his mistress, the "favourite" Leonora, against the backdrop of the political wiles of receding Moorish Spain and the life of the Catholic Church. It premiered on December 2, 1840 at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris, France.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed as La Favorita by the Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, early in the year. Though the company's performances in its extensive repertoire were considered excellent performers by Boonzaier (1923), he says that the company failed to gain much public support and that the entire undertaking was "a disastrous failure".
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_favorite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Royer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Vaëz
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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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