L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable
L'Ivrogne Corrige ou Le Mariage du Diable ("The reformed drunkard or the devil's wedding"), is a French opéra-comique[1] by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[2].
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The original text
It is a work in two parts, inspired by L'ivrogne corrigé ou Le mariage du diable, a book by composed by Gluck, with a French libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[3] and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre (1732-1815)[4]. The opera premiered in April 1760 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into German as Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold.
Translated into English as The Reformed Drunkard.
Performance history in South Africa
1995: Performed in English as The Reformed Drunkard 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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