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 In 1936 he formed the short-lived British Drama Opera Company to perform his opera ''[[Pickwick]]'', which was the first opera to be shown on television. During World War II, Coates was based in the USA, where as well as conducting he wrote the music for several films. After returning to England in 1944 he made several distinguished recordings during 1945 for Decca with the LSO and the National Symphony Orchestra, which contained a high proportion of musicians from the armed forces.
-He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]], in 1945. In 1946 they moved to South Africa and he became conductor of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]]. Three months after their arrival, they had to leave Johannesburg for Cape Town on account of Albert Coates's health.
+He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]], in 1945. In 1946 they moved to South Africa and he became conductor of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]]. Three months after their arrival, they had to leave Johannesburg for Cape Town on account of Albert Coates's health. In Cape Town, Coates both composed and conducted the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]].
 Coates died in Milnerton, Cape Town, on 11 December 1953.

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 In 1936 he formed the short-lived British Drama Opera Company to perform his opera ''[[Pickwick]]'', which was the first opera to be shown on television. During World War II, Coates was based in the USA, where as well as conducting he wrote the music for several films. After returning to England in 1944 he made several distinguished recordings during 1945 for Decca with the LSO and the National Symphony Orchestra, which contained a high proportion of musicians from the armed forces.
-He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]].
+He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]], in 1945. In 1946 they moved to South Africa and he became conductor of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]]. Three months after their arrival, they had to leave Johannesburg for Cape Town on account of Albert Coates's health.
 Coates died in Milnerton, Cape Town, on 11 December 1953.

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 In 1936 he formed the short-lived British Drama Opera Company to perform his opera ''[[Pickwick]]'', which was the first opera to be shown on television. During World War II, Coates was based in the USA, where as well as conducting he wrote the music for several films. After returning to England in 1944 he made several distinguished recordings during 1945 for Decca with the LSO and the National Symphony Orchestra, which contained a high proportion of musicians from the armed forces.
-In 1946 he moved to South Africa and became conductor of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]] a year later. He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]].
+He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]].
 Coates died in Milnerton, Cape Town, on 11 December 1953.

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 == Biography ==
-Albert Coates was born in St Peterburg, Russia, on 23 April 1882. In 1902 he entered the Leipzig Conservatory where he studied piano and cello. Coates made his conducting debut in 1904 with Offenbach’s ''[[Les Contes d’Hoffmann]]'' at the Leipzig Opera. He was appointed as conductor of the opera house at Elberfeld in 1906 and held this position until 1908. He then conducted in Dresden and Mannheim, Germany, and the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, the last-mentioned for five years until 1918. His London debut was in 1910 with the London Symphony Orchestra after which regular invitations followed. His American debut followed in 1920 where he was the musical director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, New York, from 1923 to 1935.
+Albert Coates was born in St Peterburg, Russia, on 23 April 1882.
 In 1946 he moved to South Africa and became conductor of the [[Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra]] a year later. He married the opera singer, [[Vera de Villiers]].
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 http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/file/documents/PDV2%20COATES.pdf
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−	[[Albert Coates]] (1882-1953). ~~Conductor~~, composer.	+	[[Albert Coates]] (1882-1953). Russian-born conductor, composer.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Coates founded the [[South African Opera and Ballet Company]], and presented various opera productions: Gluck’s ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' (1947), Wagner’s ''[[Die Walküre]]'' (1948), and Humperdinck’s ''[[Hänsel und Gretel]]'' (1951).
+Coates founded the [[South African Opera and Ballet Company]] with his wife, and presented various opera productions: Gluck’s ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' (1947), Wagner’s ''[[Die Walküre]]'' (1948), and Humperdinck’s ''[[Hänsel und Gretel]]'' (1951).
 He composed the Afrikaans opera, ''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'' (also known as ''[[Van Hunks and the Devil]]''), performed by the [[UCT Opera Company]] in the Cape Town City Hall in 1952.

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 Coates founded the [[South African Opera and Ballet Company]], and presented various opera productions: Gluck’s ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' (1947), Wagner’s ''[[Die Walküre]]'' (1948), and Humperdinck’s ''[[Hänsel und Gretel]]'' (1951).
-He composed the Afrikaans opera, ''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'' (also known as ''[[Van Hunck and the Devil]]''), performed by the [[UCT Opera Company]] in the Cape Town City Hall in 1952.
+He composed the Afrikaans opera, ''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'' (also known as ''[[Van Hunks and the Devil]]''), performed by the [[UCT Opera Company]] in the Cape Town City Hall in 1952.
 He also composed the operas ''[[Asshurbanipal]]'' (1915); ''[[The Myth Beautiful]]'' (1917); ''[[Samuel Pepys]]'' (1929); ''[[Pickwick]]'' (1936; this was the first opera ever to be televised); ''[[Gainsborough]]'' (1939); ''[[The Boy David]]'' (1948); ''[[The Duel]]'' (1950); and ''[[Thro’ the magic eye]]'' (1952).

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	Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).		Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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 He composed the Afrikaans opera, ''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'', performed by the [[UCT Opera Company]] in the Cape Town City Hall in 1952.
-He also composed the operas ''[[The Boy David]]'' (1948), ''[[The Duel]]'' (1950).
+He also composed the operas ''[[Asshurbanipal]]'' (1915); ''[[The Myth Beautiful]]'' (1917); ''[[Samuel Pepys]]'' (1929); ''[[Pickwick]]'' (1936; this was the first opera ever to be televised); ''[[Gainsborough]]'' (1939); ''[[The Boy David]]'' (1948); ''[[The Duel]]'' (1950); and ''[[Thro’ the magic eye]]'' (1952).
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