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''[[Olivette]]'' is a comic opera in three acts by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[] and Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[].  
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''[[Les Noces d'Olivette]]'' is a French comic opera in three acts by Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[].
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Adapted from the French of Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[], The dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Adapted into English from the French as ''[[Olivette]]'' is a comic opera in three acts by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[] and Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[].
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of Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[], The dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."
  
 
London Opera Comique Company, Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Opera Company
 
London Opera Comique Company, Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Opera Company
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Published in Boston by O. Ditson & Co.; c1881., Miller and Sayers, 1889
 
Published in Boston by O. Ditson & Co.; c1881., Miller and Sayers, 1889
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 06:47, 28 April 2020

Les Noces d'Olivette is a French comic opera in three acts by Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English from the French as Olivette is a comic opera in three acts by Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889)[] and Edmond Audran (1842-1901)[]. of Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[] and Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[], The dialogue and business translated and adapted by "T. L."

London Opera Comique Company, Williamson, Garner & Musgrove's Royal Opera Company

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


Performance history in South Africa

1882-3: Performed for the first time in South Africa in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Mabel Hayes and her company, with vocal work supervised by Henry Harper, 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

Boston : O. Ditson & Co.; c1881.

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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