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The Siege of Curzola

1786 comic opera

The Siege of Curzola is a 1786 comic opera with music by Samuel Arnold and a libretto by the Irish writer John O'Keeffe. It is set in 1571 during the Ottoman siege of Curzola at the time of the Battle of Lepanto.[1]

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It was staged at the Haymarket Theatre in London. The original cast included John Edwin, John Bannister and Lydia Webb. In following years it was reduced to a shorter two-act afterpiece.

References

  1. [1]
    Worrall p.63

Bibliography

  • Worrall, David. Celebrity, Performance, Reception: British Georgian Theatre as Social Assemblage. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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