The Castle of Andalusia
1782 comic opera
The Castle of Andalusia | |
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![]() John Braham as Don Alphonso, 1817 | |
Written by | John O'Keeffe |
Date premiered | 2 November 1782 |
Place premiered | Covent Garden Theatre |
Original language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
The Castle of Andalusia is a 1782 comic opera by Samuel Arnold and a libretto by John O'Keeffe. It was a heavily rewritten version of the 1781 work The Banditti, which had been a failure.[1]
After its first performance on 2 November 1782,[2] the original run saw the work performed thirty-nine times, and it was revived on several occasions until 1817.[3] It became a popular play for amateur dramatics and was performed by the Kilkenny players, including many of the elite, with the writer Thomas Moore appearing several times in the role of Spado.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Fenner, Theodore: Opera in London: Views of the Press, 1785-1830 (Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994)
- Kelly, Ronan: Bard of Erin: The Life of Thomas Moore (London: Penguin Books, 2009)
- White, Eric Walter: A Register of First Performances of English Operas (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1983)
External links
- The Castle of Andalusia at Faded Page (Canada)
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John O'Keeffe
- The Shamrock (1777)
- Tony Lumpkin in Town (1778)
- The Agreeable Surprise (1781)
- The Castle of Andalusia (1782)
- The Poor Soldier (1783)
- Omai (1785)
- Love in a Camp (1786)
- The Siege of Curzola (1786)
- The Farmer (1787)
- The Prisoner at Large (1788)
- The Toy (1789)
- Wild Oats (1791)
- The London Hermit (1793)
- The World in a Village (1793)
- Life's Vagaries (1795)
- The Doldrum (1796)
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