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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 7 May in the [[Germania Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[De Weddenschap]]'' ([[Melt Brink|Brink]]).
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1872: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 7 May in the [[Germania Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[De Dochter van Dominique]]'' (De Villeneuve and De Livry).
  
 
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1874: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 12 May in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[Twee Dooven]]'' ([[Melt Brink|Brink]]).
1874: Performed in [[Dutch]] as ''[[Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis]]'' by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 12 May in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, with ''[[De Weddenschap]]'' ([[Melt Brink|Brink]]).
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 467, 469
 
  
 
Bibliographic details of the French text, Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Den Haag[http://www.koninklijkeverzamelingen.nl/mediabank/detail/4968b384-27a0-531c-ba16-1be156459646/media/58d828e2-a00f-b763-9b60-07b3cd6ed961]
 
Bibliographic details of the French text, Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Den Haag[http://www.koninklijkeverzamelingen.nl/mediabank/detail/4968b384-27a0-531c-ba16-1be156459646/media/58d828e2-a00f-b763-9b60-07b3cd6ed961]

Latest revision as of 08:53, 6 February 2018

Guillaume de Nassau, où 15 Ans d'Histoire is a French opera in three acts with libretto by Charles Durand (1804-1863)[1] with music by Louis Charles Lazare Costard de Mézeray (1810-1887)[2].

The title is also found simply as Guillaume de Nassau.

The original text

Termed a drame historique et lyrique en trois actes, it was first performed at the Théâtre Français de la Haye on 20 September, 1832, and published in Rotterdam by J.L.C. Jacob in 1832.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as Willem van Nassau, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Nederlandsche Geschiedenis (and called "een lyrisch-dramatisch-tafereel in drie afdeelingen") by Hendrik Kuijper. Published in 1834 by W.J. Bruining, Rotterdam.

Also found with the title Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis , the translation credited to "G. de J."

Performance history in South Africa

1872: Performed in Dutch as Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis by Aurora II on 7 May in the Germania Hall, Cape Town, with De Dochter van Dominique (De Villeneuve and De Livry).

1874: Performed in Dutch as Willem van Oranje, of Vijftien Jaren uit de Geschiedenis by Aurora II on 12 May in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, with Twee Dooven (Brink).

Sources

Bibliographic details of the French text, Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Den Haag[3]

Facsimile version of the original of the French text, Google E-book[4]

Facsimile version of the Dutch text of Willem van Nassau, Google E-Book[5]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Durand_(%C3%A9diteur)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 467, 469

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