Michael William Balfe

**Michael Williams Balfe** (Dublin 1808ko maiatzaren 15a - Ware, Hertfordshire, 1870eko urriaren 20a) irlandar opera abeslari eta musikagilea izan zen.

Biolina jotzen hasi zen eta opera abeslaria izan zen. Italian eta Frantzian ikasi zuen eta 1833an Ingalaterran kokatu zen. Berrogei urtez 38 opera, ia 250 abesti eta beste lan batzuk konposatu zituen. Orkestra-zuzendari nabarmena ere izan zen, eta Her Majesty 's Theatre-n Italiako Opera zuzendu zuen zazpi urtez. Oso ezaguna izan zen Ingalaterran eta Europan. Bere lanik ospetsuena *The Bohemian Girl* opera da.

## Operak 
**I rivali di se stessi* (A. Alcozer), Palermo: Teatro Carolino, 29 June 1829
**Un avvertimento ai gelosi* (G. Foppa), Pavia: Teatro Condomini, 11 May 1831
**Enrico IV al passo della Marna* (unknown librettist), Milan: Teatro Carcano, 19 February 1833
**The Siege of Rochelle* (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 29 October 1835
** Austrian version: *Die Belagerung von Rochelle* (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 24 October 1846
**The Maid of Artois* (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 May 1836
**Catherine Grey* (George Linley), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 May 1837
**Joan of Arc* (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 30 November 1837
**Diadeste, or The Veiled Lady* (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 17 May 1838
**Falstaff* (Manfredo Maggioni), London: Her Majesty's Theatre (Italian Opera), 19 July 1838
**Keolanthe* (Edward Fitzball), London Theatre Royal (English Opera House), 9 March 1841
** Austrian version: *Keolanthe, oder Das Traumbild* (Karl Gollmick), Vienna: Theater am Kärntnertor, 3 December 1853
*''Le Puits d'amour* (Eugène Scribe and A. de Leuven), Paris: Opéra Comique, 20 April 1843
** English version: *Geraldine, or The Lover's Well*, London: Princess Theatre, 14 August 1843 
** Austrian version: *Der Liebesbrunnen* (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 4 November 1845
**The Bohemian Girl* (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 November 1843
** Austrian version: *Die Zigeunerin* (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 24 July 1846 
** French version: *La Bohemienne* (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges), Rouen: Théâtre des Arts, 23 April 1862; revised version: Paris: Théâtre Lyrique, 30 December 1869
**Les Quatre fils Aymon* (A. de Leuven and L.L. Brunswick), Paris: Opéra Comique, 15 July 1844
** English version: *The Castle of Aymon* (G.A. Beckett), London: Princess Theatre, 20 November 1844
** Austrian version: *Die vier Haimonskinder* (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Josefstadt-Theater, 14 December 1844
** Italian version (for London): *I quattro fratelli'' (S.F. Maggione), London: His Majesty's Theatre (Italian Opera), 11 August 1851
**The Daughter of St. Mark* (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 November 1844
**The Enchantress* (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 14 May 1845
*''L'étoile de Seville* (Hippolyte Lucas), Paris: Opéra, 17 December 1845
**The Bondman* (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 11 December 1846
** German version: *Der Mulatte* (Johann Christoph Grünbaum), Berlin: Königliches Schauspielhaus, 25 January 1850
**The Maid of Honour* (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 20 December 1847
**The Sicilian Bride* (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges, transl. by A. Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 6 March 1852
**The Devil's in it* (Alfred Bunn), London: Surrey Theatre, 26 July 1852
**Pittore e Duca* (F.M. Piave), Trieste: Teatro Grande, 21 November 1854
** English version: *Moro, the Painter of Antwerp'' (William Alexander Barrett), London: Her Majesty's Theatre, 28 January 1882
**The Rose of Castille* (A. Harris and Edmund Falconer), London: Lyceum Theatre, 29 October 1857
**Satanella, or The Power of Love* (A. Harris and Edmund Falconer), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 20 December 1858
*''Bianca, the Bravo's Bride* (J. Palgrave Simpson), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 6 December 1860
**The Puritan's Daughter* (J.V. Bridgeman), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 30 November 1861
**The Armourer of Nantes* (J.V. Bridgeman), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 12 February 1863
**Blanche de Nevers* (J. Brougham), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 21 November 1863
**The Sleeping Queen* (H.B. Farnie), London: Royal Gallery of Illustrations, 31 August 1864
**Il talismano'' (Arthur Matthison, Italian transl. by Giuseppe Zaffira), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 11 June 1874

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