Die Entführung aus dem Serail
There are two , closely related, musical plays by this name:
(1) Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Georg Friedrich Bretzner and Johann André (1781)
(2) Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and J. Gottlieb Stephanie Jr. (1782)
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 1781
A sung play (Dutch een zangspel, German Singspiel) in four acts by Georg Friedrich Bretzner. (Wrongly listed by Worp as Die Entführing aus dem Serail)
The original text
Originally written as a play called Belmont und Konstanze by Georg Friedrich Bretzner in 1780, which he himself reworked as a Singspiel for production by the Berlin company Döbbelinsche Theatertruppe in 1781, with music by Johann André.
Translations and adaptations
The Bretzner version was translated into Dutch as De Schaaking uit het Serail by Gerrit Brender à Brandis in 1797. (Title one again wrongly given by Worp as De Schaaking uit het Serial). Published by J. Helders en A. Mars, Amsterdam 1797.
Performances in South Africa
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 1782
A sung play ( Singspiel) in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and J. Gottlieb Stephanie Jr.
The original text
Deriving from Brezner's play Belmont und Konstanze, and based on a libretto by J. Gottlieb Stephanie Jr., Mozart's much more famous operatic work Die Entführung aus dem Serail was first performed on 16 July 1782 in the Burgtheater in Vienna , directed by the composer himself.
Translations and adaptations
Performances in South Africa
Sources
http://ronnydeschepper.com/2012/07/16/turqueries/
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail
J.A. Worp, Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2. Wolters, Groningen 1907[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 271
