A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Water Carrier, The
WATER CARRIER, THE, the English version of Cherubini's 'Les deux journées.' It was produced in a very mutilated state in London in 1801 as 'The Escapes, or the Water Carrier,' and again at Covent Garden, Nov. 12, 1824, 'with the overture and all the music.' On Oct. 37, 1875, it was again produced, by Carl Rosa, at the Princess's Theatre, London, complete, with Mr. Santley as Micheli.
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