Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra
Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra can refer to any of two theatrical works, a short opera by Gioachino Rossini (1815) and a 5 act play by Paolo Giacometti (185*?).
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The Rossini opera
Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra ("Elizabeth, Queen of England") is a opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. According to the Wikipedia entry[1], this was taken from the play Il Paggio di Leicester ("Leicester's Page") by Carlo Federici, which itself "was derived from a novel The Recess (1785) by Sophia Lee." The opera had its premiére at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 October 1815.
The original text
Translations and adaptations
The Giacometti play
Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra is an Italian historical play in five acts by Paolo Giacometti (1816-1882)[2].
Published in Teatro scelto di Paolo Giacometti as Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, "dramma storico in cinque atti" in 1860
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Catallan as Isabel, Reina de Inglaterra by Francisco de Paula Hidalgo, performed by the Adelaide Ristori Company and published in Cádiz by Imprenta de La Paz, 1859.
Translated into Dutch as Elisabeth, Koningin van Engeland by J.M. Anne, published in Utrecht, 1870.
Translated into English as Elizabeth, Queen of England ("An Historical Play in Five Acts") by an unnamed translator, based on the text performed by the Ristori company in the USA. Published in New York by Gray & Green, 1873
Performance history of both works in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta,_regina_d%27Inghilterra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Giacometti
https://www.amazon.com/Giacometti-Elisabetta-dInghilterra-storico-Leather/dp/B07QXXKNF1
Facsimile version of the 1873 English text, Google E-book[3]
Facsimile version of the 1859 Catallan text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t09w7mb9g&view=1up&seq=1
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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