Die Entführung aus dem Serail

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There are two , closely related, musical plays by this name:

(1) Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Georg Friedrich Bretzner and Johann André (1781)


(2) Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and J. Gottlieb Stephanie Jr. (1782)


Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Georg Friedrich Bretzner and Johann André (1781)

A sung play (Dutch een zangspel, German Singspiel) by Georg Friedrich Bretzner. (Wrongly listed by Worp as Die Entführing aus dem Serail)

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.

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

Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and J. Gottlieb Stephanie Jr. (1782)

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.


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