taming of the shrew was first performed in 1844.
taming of the shrew was first performed in 1844.
when was taming of the shrew first performed?
1844
"the taming of the shrew" in performance has had an uneven history. popular in shakespeare's day, the play fell out of favour during the seventeenth century, when it was replaced on the stage by john lacy's "sauny the scott". the original shakespearean text was not performed at all during the eighteenth century, with david garrick's adaptation "catharine and petruchio" dominating the stage. after over two hundred years without a performance, the play returned to the british stage in 1844, the last shakespeare play restored to the repertory. however, it was only in the 1890s that the dominance of "catharine and petruchio" began to wain, and productions of "the shrew" become more regular. moving into the twentieth century, the play's popularity increased considerably, and it became one of shakespeare's most frequently staged plays, with productions taking place all over the world. this trend has continued into the twenty-first century, with the play as popular now as it was when first written.
the taming of the shrew in performance
johan wagenaar's "de getemde feeks" (1909) is the second of three overtures wagenaar wrote based on shakespeare, the others being "koning jan" (1891) and "driekoningenavond" (1928). another overture inspired by the play is alfred reynolds' "the taming of the shrew overture" (1927). ermanno wolf-ferrari's verismo opera "sly, ovvero la leggenda del dormiente risvegliato" (1927) focuses on the induction, with libretto by giovacchino forzano. a tragedy, the opera depicts sly as a hard-drinking and debt-ridden poet who sings in a london pub. when he is tricked into believing that he is a lord, his life improves, but upon learning it is a ruse, he mistakenly concludes the woman he loves (dolly) only told him she loved him as part of the ruse. in despair, he kills himself by cutting his wrists, with dolly arriving too late to save him. starring aureliano pertile and mercedes llopart, it was first performed at la scala in milan. rudolf karel's "the taming of the shrew" is an unfinished opera upon which he worked between 1942 and 1944. philip greeley clapp's "the taming of the shrew" (1948) was first performed at the metropolitan opera. vittorio giannini's "the taming of the shrew" (1953) is an opera buffa, with libretto by giannini and dorothy fee. it was first performed at the cincinnati music hall, starring dorothy short and robert kircher. vissarion shebalin's "ukroshchenye stroptivoy" (1957), with libretto by abram akimovich gozenpud, was shebalin's last opera and was immediately hailed as a masterpiece throughout russia. dominick argento's "christopher sly" (1962), with libretto by john manlove, is a comic opera in two scenes and an interlude, first performed in the university of minnesota. sly is duped by a lord into believing that he himself is a lord. however, he soon becomes aware of the ruse, and when left alone, he flees with the lord's valuables and his two mistresses.
the taming of the shrew