Masaniello
There are a number of plays and operas that use the name Masaniello as main (abbreviated) title:
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The character
Masaniello (i.e. Tommaso Aniello, 1622 – 1647)[1] was an Italian fisherman who became leader of the revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain in Naples in 1647.
The plays
Masaniello, The Fisherman of Naples (1825)
Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples is an historic play in five acts by George Soane, with incidental music by Henry Rowley Bishop.
The original text
After the play of Henry M. Milner (1824). First performed in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on February 17, 1825. Published in London by J. Miller, 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 or opera by Soane, but it is more likely to have been Brough's burlesque version.
Masaniello, or The Dumb Girl of Portici by Thomas S. Cooke and Barham Livius, with libretto by James Kenney (1829)
Masaniello, or The Dumb Girl of Portici is an opera by Thomas S. Cooke and Barham Livius, with libretto by James Kenney,
The original text=
Based on the French opera, La Muette de Portici[2] by Auber, Scribe and Lavigne, it was first performed in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on May 4, 1829
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: A play simply 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 or this opera , but it is more likely to have been Brough's burlesque version of Soane's work (below).
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)[3]
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaniello
Facsimile version of the 1825 edition of Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples, Hathi Trust Digital Library[4]
Margaret Ross Griffel. 2012. Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press: p. 308 By [5]
Allardyce Nicoll. 2002. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[6]
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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