Fanchon das Leyermädchen
Fanchon das Leyermädchen is German Singspiel ("ballad opera") in three acts by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814)[1], with a libretto by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819)[].
Though generally referred to simply as Fanchon, the work originally had the working title of Fanchon das Leyermaedchen (a "Lustspiel mit Gesang"), but seems to be most opten to be found under the alternative full title of Fanchon das Leyermädchen (an "Oper(ette) nach dem französischen Vaudeville") and even Fanchon oder das Leyermädel.
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The original text
The German singspiel, using a libretto by August von Kotzebue, was composed in 1804 and first performed in Berlin at the National Theatre on 5 May, 1804.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
Facsimile version of the original 1803 edition of the vaudeville comedy, Google Books[2]
https://imslp.org/wiki/Fanchon_das_Leyerm%C3%A4dchen_(Himmel%2C_Friedrich_Heinrich)
"Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich" in Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres, Stanford University Libraries[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Himmel
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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