Satanella
Opera by Michael William Balfe
Balfe, by Nadar
LibrettistA. Harris and Edmund Falconer
Premiere
20 December 1858 (1858-12-20)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Satanella is an English-language opera in four acts by Michael William Balfe, written to a libretto by A. Harris and Edmund Falconer, and premiered at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20 December 1858. It was the first opera to receive its world premiere at the newly-rebuilt theatre.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Dall Wilson, Alice Nielsen and the Gayety of Nations (2016) 0557473675, p. 323: "... could we miss Alice Nielsen in her first big hit: playing a charming Satanella in Balfe's Satanella. His opera was also called The Power Of Love, a 19th-century hit with very Broadway-style dialog and songs."

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