A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Masaniello

by George Grove

MASANIELLO. The name in England of Auber's opera, La Muette de Portici. Produced in English as 'Masaniello, or the Dumb Girl of Portici,' at Drury Lane, May 4, 1829; in Italian (in 3 acts) at Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, March 15, 1849.

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