The Reformed Drunkard

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The Reformed Drunkard is an English translation of Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold, itself the German version of the French an opéra-comique[1] L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable ("The reformed drunkard or the devil's wedding"), a work in two parts, with music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[2], and a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[3] and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815)[4]. First performed in the Burgtheater, Vienna in 1760.


Performance history in South Africa

1995: Performed in English by students of the Opera School, University of the Witwatersrand, directed by Emma Renzi[5].

Sources

http://www.theatertexte.de/nav/2/2/3/werk?verlag_id=baerenreiter&wid=5431064&ebex3=3

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

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Renzi

Programme notes of student production in 1995.

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