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''[[Le Juif Errant]]''  ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera  with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and music by
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''[[Le Juif Errant]]''  ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera  by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
  
''Not to be confused with Scribe and 's  other opera libretto for '''''[[La Juive]]''''' ("the Jewess").''
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''Not to be confused with Halévy and Scribe's  other opera'''''[[La Juive]]''''' ("the Jewess").''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==

Revision as of 09:47, 13 September 2019

Le Juif Errant ("the Wandering Jew") is a French opera by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.

Not to be confused with Halévy and Scribe's other opera, La Juive ("the Jewess").

The original text

Based on Eugène Sue's novel , Le Juif errant (1844-45), the opera opened at the Paris Opera (Salle Le Peletier) on 23 April 1852, and had 48 further performances over two seasons.

Translations and adaptations

Translated/adapted into Dutch as De Zwervende Jood ("The Wandering Jew") by Joseph Suasso de Lima. Though performed, the translation was never published.

Performance history in South Africa

1837: Performed in Dutch as De Zwervende Jood in Cape Town in 1837.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Juif_errant_(opera).


F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 256-265, 374

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