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''Maritana'' is a grand opera in three acts composed by William Vincent Wallace, with a libretto by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873). The opera is based on the 1844 play ''Don César de Bazan'' by Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir, which was also the source material for Jules Massenet's opéra comique ''Don César de Bazan''. (The character of Don César de Bazan first appeared in Victor Hugo's ''Ruy Blas''.) The first of six operas by Wallace, the work is often cited as an inspiration for a plot device in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera ''The Yeomen of the Guard'' in which a man weds a woman while awaiting execution in prison, escapes and, while he is disguised, the couple falls in love.〔Traubner, Richard. (''Operetta: a theatrical history'' ), p. 179. Psychology Press, 2003 ISBN 0-415-96641-8〕 ==Performance history== ''Maritana'' was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane under Alfred Bunn's management on 15 November 1845, conducted by Julius Benedict. It was then produced the following year in Dublin and soon in Philadelphia (1848), then in Vienna and New York (1854, 1857, 1865 and 1868).〔(''The Victor Book of the Opera'' ) (1912; third ed. 1915), p. 291, Victor Talking Machine Company〕 In 1873, ''Maritana'' became the first opera produced by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. It was revived in Dublin in 1877, and in London at Her Majesty's in 1880, in an Italian version by Mattei. A 1902 production was seen at Covent Garden.〔(Background and discussion of the opera )〕 It was produced again at the London Lyceum in 1925 and at Sadler's Wells in 1931, remaining popular until the middle of the 20th century. The Royal Dublin Society revived the work in concert form in 2006, with an orchestra conducted by Proinnsias O Duinn and singers led by Mairead Buicke and Robin Tritschler.〔(Independent review of Maritana by Pat O'Kelly, 27 June 2006 )〕 The abiding Irish interest in the work is reflected in the works of James Joyce, in his novel ''Ulysses'',〔("Ulysses by James Joyce: Maritana" accessed 28 June 2009 )〕 and his stories ''The Dead'' and ''A Mother'' (in ''Dubliners''). Film versions of the opera were produced in 1922〔(profile of the film at IMDb )〕 and 1927.〔(Information about a 1927 film )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maritana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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