Alessandro Rota - Revision history

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	1948: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at the [[Cape Town City Hall]] in March/April.		1948: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at the [[Cape Town City Hall]] in March/April.
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		+	1949: ''[[Rigoletto]]'', ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'', ''[[Pagliacci]]'' (all for the [[Labia Grand Opera Company]])

	1953: ''[[Carmen]]'' and ''[[Il trovatore]]'' at the [[Labia Theatre]] in April.		1953: ''[[Carmen]]'' and ''[[Il trovatore]]'' at the [[Labia Theatre]] in April.

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 [[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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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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 In 1939, he established the [[Cape Town Opera Company]], performing full-length operas for more than five years. His next endeavour was the [[Labia Grand Opera Company]], which presented five operas in two years. Along with [[William Pickerill]] and [[John Connell]], Rota started the [[National Opera Company]] in 1940, which performed three opera seasons.
-Rota also played a role in the performance of opera in Stellenbosch before being involved in the establishment of the [[National Opera Association]] in 1955 and joining the [[EOAN Group]] in 1956, when the group performed its first opera.
+Rota also played a role in the performance of opera in Stellenbosch before being involved in the establishment of the [[National Opera Association]] in 1955 and joining the [[EOAN Group]] in 1956, when the group performed its first opera.  From 1969 to 1975 he intensified his collaboration with the [[EOAN Group]].
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 ==Biography==
-Alessandro Giuseppe Rota came to South Africa around 1931/1932 with the [[Gonzalez Italian Opera Company]] from Italy and decided to settle in South Africa.
+Alessandro Giuseppe Rota came to South Africa around 1931/1932 with the [[Gonzalez Italian Opera Company]] from Italy and decided to settle in South Africa. He started a singing school with his wife, [[Rosita Silvestri]] in 1932.
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	1956: ''[[La Traviata]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] at the [[Cape Town City Hall]].		1956: ''[[La Traviata]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] at the [[Cape Town City Hall]].
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		+	1957: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' for the [[National Opera Association of South Africa]].

	1965: ''[[Il trovatore]]'' and ''[[L’elisir d’amore]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]].		1965: ''[[Il trovatore]]'' and ''[[L’elisir d’amore]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]].

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 : ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' in English at the [[Cape Town City Hall]]
-: ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]''in Afrikaans in 1940 in Stellenbosch. Rota who also sang the tenor role of Turrido.
+: ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' in Afrikaans in Stellenbosch. Rota who also sang the tenor role of Turrido.
 : ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at the [[Cape Town City Hall]] in March/April.

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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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		+	[[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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-In 1938, Rota produced ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' in English at the [[Cape Town City Hall]], and in Afrikaans in 1940 in Stellenbosch. Rota who also sang the tenor role of Turrido.
+In 1939, he established the [[Cape Town Opera Company]], performing full-length operas for more than five years. His next endeavour was the [[Labia Grand Opera Company]], which presented five operas in two years. Along with [[William Pickerill]] and [[John Connell]], Rota started the [[National Opera Company]] in 1940, which performed three opera seasons.
-In 1939, he also established the [[Cape Town Opera Company]], performing full-length operas for more than five years. His next endeavour was the [[Labia Grand Opera Company]], which presented five operas in two years.
+Rota also played a role in the performance of opera in Stellenbosch before being involved in the establishment of the [[National Opera Association]] in 1955 and joining the [[EOAN Group]] in 1956, when the group performed its first opera.
-Along with [[William Pickerill]] and [[John Connell]], Rota started the [[National Opera Company]] in 1940, which performed three opera seasons.
+===As producer/director===
-Rota produced a production of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at the [[Cape Town City Hall]] in March/April 1948.
+Rota produced a number of operas in South Africa. These include:
-Rota also played a role in the performance of opera in Stellenbosch before being involved in the establishment of the [[National Opera Association]] in 1955 and joining the [[EOAN Group]] in 1956, when the group performed its first opera.
+: ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' in English at the [[Cape Town City Hall]]
-Rota produced/directed ''[[Carmen]]'' and ''[[Il trovatore]]'' at the [[Labia Theatre]] in April 1953, and ''[[La Traviata]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] at the [[Cape Town City Hall]] in 1956.
+: ''[[La Traviata]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] at the [[Cape Town City Hall]].
-He produced ''[[Il trovatore]]'' and  ''[[L’elisir d’amore]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]] in 1965.
+:  ''[[Il trovatore]]'' and  ''[[L’elisir d’amore]]'' for the [[EOAN Group]].
 ==Sources==

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	[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.		[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].		[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].