Masaniello
There are a number of plays and operas that use the name Masaniello as main (abbreviated) title:
Contents
The character
The operas
Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples is an opera in five acts by Henry Rowley Bishop; libretto (Eng) by George Soane, after the play of Henry M. Milner (1824). First performed in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on February 17, 1825.
Masaniello, or The Dumb Girl of Portici an opera by Thomas S. Cooke and Barham Livius, with libretto by James Kenney, based on La Muette de Portici by Auber, Scribe and Lavigne. First performed in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on May 4, 1829
The plays
Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples (1825)
Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples is a play by G. Soane (1825)
The original text
1825.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used may have the original play by Soane, but it is more likely to have been Brough's burlesque version.
Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples (1857)
Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples is a burlesque by Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860)[1]
The original text
(play), 1857 (Olym. 2/7/57).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used was most probably Brough's burlesque version, which had first been produced in England two years earlier.
Sources
Margaret Ross Griffel. 2012. Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press: p. 308 By [2]
Allardyce Nicoll. 2002. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barnabas_Brough
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.145
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