Les Deux Jumeaux de Bergame
Les Deux Jumeaux de Bergame is a French one act farce, with songs, by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Also listed at times as Les Jumeaux de Bergame.
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The original text
1782
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as an opéra-comique by Auguste de Talleyrand (1770-1832) First performed at Saint-Cloud, 3 May 1806
Adapted as a two act opera by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950; Composer) and Maurice Léna ( - 1928; Librettist) Published in 1908 by Heugel et Cie, Paris.
Performances in South Africa
1803: Planned for 11 June but finally performed on 18 June (due to the indisposition of the musicians) in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the French Amateurs under the direction of Villet, with Arlequin Afficheur (Desfontaines, Barré and Radet) and La Revanche Forcée.
Sources
http://www.theatre-classique.fr/pages/programmes/PageEdition.php
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 85,
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