Robert the Devil (Gilbert)
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Robert the Devil, or The Nun, the Dun, and the Son of a Gun is an operatic parody by W. S. Gilbert of Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera Robert le diable, which was named after, but bears little resembla
Programme for 1869 production
Robert the Devil at the Gaiety, September 1869
Statue of Robert, Duke of Normandy, known as "Le diable"
Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack, is one of the earliest plays written by W.S. Gilbert, his first solo stage success. The work is a musical burlesque of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore,
Robert the Devil (Gilbert)
…was common in burlesques of the day. Robert the Devil was part of a series of five operatic burlesques written early in Gilbert's career. The first was Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack an 1866 musical spoof of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. The second was La Vivandière; or, True to the Corps!, a parody of Donizetti's La fille du régiment…
Belcore woos Adina: illustration of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore burlesqued by Gilbert in 1866
St. James's Theatre, where Dulcamara was premiered