Véronique

Véronique is a French opéra comique in three acts by Albert Vanloo (1846-1920)[1] and Georges Duval (1847-1919)[2], with music by André Messager (1853-1929)[3].

Also found as Veronique in English sources.

The original text

First performed in French at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, on 10 December, 1898 and and the text published by Choudens, Paris, France in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Translated and adapted into English by Henry Hamilton (1854-1918)[4], with lyrics by Lilian Eldée (1870-1904)[5] and alterations and additions by Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[6]. The English version was first performed at the Apollo Theatre, London, produced by George Edwardes (1855-1915)[7], opening on 18 May 1904 and running for 496 performances.

Performance history in South Africa

1905: Performed (presumably in the English version) by a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers in the Opera House, Cape Town, on 11 September.

1906: Performed once again by the Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company in the Opera House, Cape Town in the first half of the year.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique_(operetta)

Facsimile version of the 1898 French score (piano music and lyrics), Google E-book[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vanloo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duval_(journalist)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Messager

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)

https://www.discogs.com/artist/4630933-Lilian-Eldee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edwardes

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. 422, 425, 435

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