The Desert Song
A 1926 operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. [1]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1952: Presented by Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society at the Reps Theatre.
1961: Presented by Springs Operatic Society, directed by Anne Ziegler.
1970: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society, directed by Helen Mann and conducted by Norbert Nowotny, with Nellie du Toit and Gé Korsten.
Sources
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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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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