National Opera Company
National Opera Company can refer to either one of two companies active/mooted in South Africa.
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National Opera Company, 1940-1942
Founded by John Connell, Alessandro Rota and William Pickerill in 1940, the company performed three opera seasons before closing. The organisation floundered due to Rota's internment when Italy joined the Axis forces during Second World War.
National Opera Company, 1950s
A company proposed by the Opera Organisation of South Africa (OPEROSA) in the late 1950s to encourage opera associations from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town to join forces.
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
Antoinette Johanna Olivier. 2014. 'Exploring contributions to opera by The Black Tie Ensemble: a historical case study'. Mini-dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master‟s in Music at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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