Les Soldiers Mordorés, ou La Cordonnière Allemande
Les Soldiers Mordorés, ou La Cordonnière Allemande ("The Golden-Brown Shoes, or the German Shoemaker's Wife") is an opéra comique with a libretto by the Marquis de Ferrières (), and music by Alessandro Mario Antonio Fridzeri (1741-1825).
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The original text
The principal character in this jolly work is a baron who is infatuated with ladies' shoes and feet. When the attractive young shoemaker's wife enters his house with a pair of repaired slippers, he loses control of his passions. Fantasizing about her tiny elegant feet, he ardently longs to have a peep at them, but his intrigues lead to embarrassing situations.
The work had its premiere at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris on January 11, 1776, with enormous success.
Translations and adaptations
South African productions
Sources
Jos van der Zanden, "Beethoven's Contribution to Podoerotica: 'Soll ein Schuh Nicht Drücken,' WoO 91, No. 2" in The Beethoven Journal, Summer 2003[1]
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