The Reformed Drunkard
The Reformed Drunkard is an English translation of Die Bekehrte Trunkenbold, itself the German version of the French opera comique[1], L'Ivrogne Corrige (ou Le Mariage du Diable), a work in two parts, with a libretto by Louis Anseaume (1721-1784)[2] and music by Christof Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)[3], first performed in 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[4].
Sources
http://www.theatertexte.de/nav/2/2/3/werk?verlag_id=baerenreiter&wid=5431064&ebex3=3
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Renzi
Programme notes of student production in 1995.
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