A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Masaniello
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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