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''[[Les Noces d'Olivette]]'' is a French [[opéra comique]] in three acts composed by Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran], with a libretto by Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Chivot] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duru].
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''[[Les Noces d'Olivette]]'' ("The wedding of Olivette") is a French ''opéra comique''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts composed by Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran], with a libretto by Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Chivot] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duru].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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A farcical romance about Olivette, her love Valentine,  his lover the Countess and a sea captain, Olivette's official fiancee.
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The work was first performed in Paris on 13 November 1879 at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, directed by Louis Cantin.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Adapted into English from the French as ''[[Olivette]]'', a comic opera in three acts, by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[], the dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."
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Adapted into English from the French as '''''[[Olivette]]''''', a comic opera in three acts, by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brougham_Farnie], the dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."
  
London Opera Comique Company, Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Opera Company
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The English version opened at the Strand Theatre in London, playing for 466 performances from 1880 to 1881. It opened at the Bijou Opera House in New York City on 25 December 1880 and went on to have long runs in New York and elsewhere.
  
 
Published in Boston by O. Ditson & Co.; c1881., Miller and Sayers, 1889
 
Published in Boston by O. Ditson & Co.; c1881., Miller and Sayers, 1889
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duru
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duru
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brougham_Farnie
  
 
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100750944
 
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100750944

Revision as of 12:26, 28 April 2020

Les Noces d'Olivette ("The wedding of Olivette") is a French opéra comique[1] in three acts composed by Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[2], with a libretto by Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[3] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[4].

The original text

A farcical romance about Olivette, her love Valentine, his lover the Countess and a sea captain, Olivette's official fiancee.

The work was first performed in Paris on 13 November 1879 at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, directed by Louis Cantin.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English from the French as Olivette, a comic opera in three acts, by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[5], the dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."

The English version opened at the Strand Theatre in London, playing for 466 performances from 1880 to 1881. It opened at the Bijou Opera House in New York City on 25 December 1880 and went on to have long runs in New York and elsewhere.

Published in Boston by O. Ditson & Co.; c1881., Miller and Sayers, 1889

Performance history in South Africa

1882-3: Performed in English for the first time in South Africa as Olivette by Mabel Hayes and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, , with vocal work supervised by Henry Harper. Done as part of a season that not only included the premieres of two more comic operas - Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan) and Manteaux Noirs (Parke, Paulton & Bucalossi) - but also a range of plays.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_noces_d%27Olivette

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Audran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Chivot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brougham_Farnie

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100750944

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8997671?selectedversion=NBD24314579

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 375, 389-390, 410-411,

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