Die Entführung aus dem Serail
A sung play (Dutch een zangspel, German Singspiel) by Georg Friedrich Bretzner. (Wrongly listed by Worp as Die Entführing aus dem Serail)
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The original text
Originally written as a play called Belmont und Konstanze by Georg Friedrich Bretzner in 1780, which he himself reworked as a Singspiel for production by the Berlin company Döbbelinsche Theatertruppe in 1781, with music by Johann André.
In 1782 it became the source of Mozart's much more famous operatic work Die Entführung aus dem Serail, based on a libretto by J. Gottlieb Stephanie jr. The Mozart version was first performed on 16 july 1782 in the Burgtheater in Vienna , directed by the composer himself.
Translations and adaptations
The Bretzner version was translated into Dutch as De Schaaking uit het Serail by G. Brender à Brandis in 1797. (Title one again wrongly given by Worp as De schaaking uit het serial).
Performances in South Africa
Sources
http://ronnydeschepper.com/2012/07/16/turqueries/
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail
J.A. Worp, Geschiedenis van het drama en van het tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2. Wolters, Groningen 1907[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 271
