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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), a work in two parts, with a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[2] and music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[3], first performed in Vienna in 1760.

1995: Performed in English by students of the Opera School, University of the Witwatersrand, directed by Emma Renzi[4].

Programme notes of student production in 1995.

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-''[[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)]]'',  a work in two parts  by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784) and Christof Willibald Gluck, first performed in Vienna in 1760.
+''[[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)]]'',  a work in two parts, with a libretto  by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Anseaume] and music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_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.
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