There are a number of plays and operas that use the name Masaniello as main (abbreviated) title:

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.

Masaniello, or The Dumb Girl of Portici an opera by Thomas S. Cooke and Barham Livius, with libretto by James Kenney, based on La Muette de Portici[2] by Auber, Scribe and Lavigne. First performed in English at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on May 4, 1829

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 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.