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| − | ''[[The Reformed Drunkard]]'' is an English translation of ''[[Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold]]'', itself the German version of the French opera comique | + | ''[[The Reformed Drunkard]]'' is an English translation of ''[[Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold]]'', itself the German version of the French opera comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] ''[[L'Ivrogne Corrige (ou Le Mariage du Diable)]]'' by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784) and Christof Willibald Gluck, first performed in Vienna in 1760. |
a comic opera in two parts, with text by Louis Anseaume and music by Christof Willibald Gluck. | a comic opera in two parts, with text by Louis Anseaume and music by Christof Willibald Gluck. | ||
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The Reformed Drunkard is an English translation of Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold, itself the German version of the French opera comique[1] L'Ivrogne Corrige (ou Le Mariage du Diable) by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784) and Christof Willibald Gluck, first performed in Vienna in 1760. a comic opera in two parts, with text by Louis Anseaume and music by Christof Willibald Gluck.
Performance history in South Africa
1995: Performed in English by students of the University of Witwatersrand, directed by Emma Renzi.
Sources
http://www.theatertexte.de/nav/2/2/3/werk?verlag_id=baerenreiter&wid=5431064&ebex3=3
Programme notes of student production in 1995.
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