Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice is is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
A production was presented by University of Cape Town Opera Company in the early years of the company.
1947: Albert Coates presented/conducted a production in 1947.
1970: Concert version presented by NAPAC Opera.
Sources
Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.
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