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Opera roles include: "Violetta" in ''[[La Traviata]]'', or "Rosina" in ''[[Barber of Seville]]'', "Musetta" in ''[[La Boheme]]'', "Susanna" in ''[[Marriage of Figaro]]'', "Gilda" in ''[[Rigoletto]]'', "Norina" in ''[[Don Pasquale]]'', "Marcellina" in ''[[Fidelio]]'', "Adina" in ''[[L’Elisir D’Amore]]'', "Zerlina" in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and "Oscar" in ''[[Un Ballo in Maschera]]''. | Opera roles include: "Violetta" in ''[[La Traviata]]'', or "Rosina" in ''[[Barber of Seville]]'', "Musetta" in ''[[La Boheme]]'', "Susanna" in ''[[Marriage of Figaro]]'', "Gilda" in ''[[Rigoletto]]'', "Norina" in ''[[Don Pasquale]]'', "Marcellina" in ''[[Fidelio]]'', "Adina" in ''[[L’Elisir D’Amore]]'', "Zerlina" in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and "Oscar" in ''[[Un Ballo in Maschera]]''. | ||
| − | In addition, she has starred in the leading roles in operettas including | + | In addition, she has starred in the leading roles in operettas including ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'', ''[[La Belle Helene]]'', ''[[La Perichole]]'', ''[[Night in Venice]]'', ''[[The Student Prince]]'', ''[[The Great Waltz]]'', "Yum Yum" in ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[The Merry Widow]]''. |
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| + | as well as countless musicals such as “My Fair Lady”, “Sound of Music”, “The King & 1”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Man of La Mancha”, “Kiss Me Kate”, “Into the Woods” and “Kismet” notching up over two thousand performances and delighting audiences all over the world. | ||
She starred in [[CAPAB]]’s productions of ''[[Rigoletto]]'' 1981 with [[Lawrence Folley]], [[Andrea Haller]], ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' in 1989/90 and ''[[The Mikado]]'' [[Gilbert & Sullivan]]’s, (Dir) [[Murray Dickie]] & [[Andy Gibson]], Designer: [[Bruno Santini]], [[Evelyn Dalberg]], [[Marilyn Bennett]], [[Sally Presant]], [[Andrea Haller]], [[Manuel Escorcio]], ([[Christine Reynolds]]’s chorus)conductor: [[Michael Tomaschek]], [[Terence Kern]], [[De Wet van Rooyen]], [[Fritz Morley]], [[Henry Lankester]], [[John Eagar]], [[Miranda Kark]]. | She starred in [[CAPAB]]’s productions of ''[[Rigoletto]]'' 1981 with [[Lawrence Folley]], [[Andrea Haller]], ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' in 1989/90 and ''[[The Mikado]]'' [[Gilbert & Sullivan]]’s, (Dir) [[Murray Dickie]] & [[Andy Gibson]], Designer: [[Bruno Santini]], [[Evelyn Dalberg]], [[Marilyn Bennett]], [[Sally Presant]], [[Andrea Haller]], [[Manuel Escorcio]], ([[Christine Reynolds]]’s chorus)conductor: [[Michael Tomaschek]], [[Terence Kern]], [[De Wet van Rooyen]], [[Fritz Morley]], [[Henry Lankester]], [[John Eagar]], [[Miranda Kark]]. | ||
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Aviva Pelham (1948-). Actor, singer, director.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Aviva Pelham has performed in opera, musicals, operetta, oratorio and cabaret.
Opera roles include: "Violetta" in La Traviata, or "Rosina" in Barber of Seville, "Musetta" in La Boheme, "Susanna" in Marriage of Figaro, "Gilda" in Rigoletto, "Norina" in Don Pasquale, "Marcellina" in Fidelio, "Adina" in L’Elisir D’Amore, "Zerlina" in Don Giovanni, and "Oscar" in Un Ballo in Maschera.
In addition, she has starred in the leading roles in operettas including Die Fledermaus, La Belle Helene, La Perichole, Night in Venice, The Student Prince, The Great Waltz, "Yum Yum" in The Mikado and The Merry Widow.
as well as countless musicals such as “My Fair Lady”, “Sound of Music”, “The King & 1”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Man of La Mancha”, “Kiss Me Kate”, “Into the Woods” and “Kismet” notching up over two thousand performances and delighting audiences all over the world.
She starred in CAPAB’s productions of Rigoletto 1981 with Lawrence Folley, Andrea Haller, My Fair Lady in 1989/90 and The Mikado Gilbert & Sullivan’s, (Dir) Murray Dickie & Andy Gibson, Designer: Bruno Santini, Evelyn Dalberg, Marilyn Bennett, Sally Presant, Andrea Haller, Manuel Escorcio, (Christine Reynolds’s chorus)conductor: Michael Tomaschek, Terence Kern, De Wet van Rooyen, Fritz Morley, Henry Lankester, John Eagar, Miranda Kark.
Sources
Tucker, 1997.
Aviva Pelham Home Page [www.avivapelham.co.za].
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