PACOFS Opera

PACOFS Opera was an arts segment of the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS).

History

Established in ?.

Productions

Operas

1964: Die Fledermaus; Otello

1965: Der Vogelhändler

1966: The Beggar’s Opera; The Gypsy Baron; Così fan tutte

1967: The Barber of Seville

1968: Der Bettelstudent

1969: Il trovatore; Carmen; Madama Butterfly; Tosca

1970: Dr Mirakel; Carmen

1971: Dr Mirakel; Il seraglio; La bohème; Susanna’s Secret

1972: Susanna’s Secret; Norma; La bohème

1973: Lucia di Lammermoor; Madama Butterfly

1974: Rigoletto; Norma

1975: Tosca; Lucia di Lammermoor; Ontvoering uit die Harem; Prima la musica e poi le parole; Il trovatore

1976:L’elisir d’amore; Il trovatore; Madama Butterfly; A Game of Chance

1977: Die Huwelik van Figaro

1978: Turandot; Hansie en Grietjie; Madama Butterfly

1979: Die Barbier van Seville; Die Sigeunerbaron

1997: Madama Butterfly

For more information, see PACOFS

For an overview on opera in South Africa, see Opera

Sources

Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.

Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).

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