''The Shamrock'' is a 1777
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
play or
pasticcio
In music, a ''pasticcio'' or ''pastiche'' is an opera or other musical work composed of works by different composers who may or may not have been working together, or an adaptation or localization of an existing work that is loose, unauthorized, o ...
opera by
John O'Keeffe. It was first staged on 15 April 1777 at
Crow Street Theatre
Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent theatre.
History
Spranger Barry and Henry Woodward
The actor Spranger Barry (1719–1777), born i ...
in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
. According to White (1983), it is unsure whether the work was performed as a straight play or as a pasticcio opera to music by
William Shield
William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist. His music earned the respect of Haydn and Beethoven.
Life and musical career
Shield was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, County Durham, the so ...
, as in its altered version as an afterpiece for the London stage, ''
The Poor Soldier
''The Poor Soldier'' is a 1783 British pasticcio opera with music by William Shield and a text by John O'Keeffe. It was a comedy set around Irish soldiers returning home after fighting in the British army in the American War of Independence, wh ...
'' (1783).
[Brasmer p. vii.]
References
Bibliography
* Brasmer, William & Osborne, William (eds.): ''The Poor Soldier (1783)'' (Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 1978)
1777 operas
English comic operas
Operas set in the British Isles
Plays by John O'Keeffe
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