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''[[Buchuland]]'' is a South African opera in three acts, with music by [[Roelof Temmingh]] and a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].

==The original text==

''[[Buchuland]]'' was commissioned by the Unisa Music Foundation with funds made available from the Art & Culture Trust of the President for the 23rd World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) held at the [[State Theatre]] during July 1998.
The Conference was hosted and presented by the [[University of South Africa]], the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, the City Council of Pretoria and the [[University of Pretoria]] from 19-25 July 1998.

The librettist, Michael Williams, was the director and David Scarr the conductor of the opera.
Denise Sutton was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and Rachelle Jonck the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus.

== Sources ==

'Unisa Library Manuscripts Collection', https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/3626/Buchuland%20inventory.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented at the [[State Theatre]] in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].  Others included [[Eric Visser]], [[Alec Otto]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Kaiser Nkosi]], [[Patrick Shabalala]], [[Johan de Bruin]], [[Sidwell Mhlongo]], [[Francois Moller]], [[Stefan Louw]], [[Loveline Madumo]], [[Fefe Ngcuka]].
+: Presented at the [[State Theatre]] in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].  Others included [[Eric Visser]], [[Alec Otto]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Kaiser Nkosi]], [[Patrick Shabalala]], [[Johan de Bruin]], [[Sidwell Mhlongo]], [[Francois Moller]], [[Stefan Louw]], [[Loveline Madumo]], [[Fefe Ngcuka]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Stan Knight]].
 == Sources ==

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	'This land is our land', ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 17 July 1998		'This land is our land', ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 17 July 1998
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		+	[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented at the [[State Theatre]] in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].
+: Presented at the [[State Theatre]] in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].  Others included [[Eric Visser]], [[Alec Otto]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Kaiser Nkosi]], [[Patrick Shabalala]], [[Johan de Bruin]], [[Sidwell Mhlongo]], [[Francois Moller]], [[Stefan Louw]], [[Loveline Madumo]], [[Fefe Ngcuka]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented at the State Theatre in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].
+: Presented at the [[State Theatre]] in July. [[Michael Williams]] was the director and [[David Scarr]] the conductor of the opera. [[Denise Sutton]] was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and [[Rachelle Jonck]] the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus. The cast included [[Virginia Davids]] (Katrina Bantjies), [[Sibongile Khumalo]] (Ma Bantjies), [[Rouel Beukes]] (Ben Basson), [[Jannie Moolman]] (Andries Venter), [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] (Johnnie Fortuin) and American tenor, Curtis Rayam, as Titus April, a part originally conceived for [[Sidwell Hartman]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-''[[Buchuland]]'' was commissioned by the Unisa Music Foundation with funds made available from the Art & Culture Trust of the President for the 23rd World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) held at the [[State Theatre]] during July 1998.
+''[[Buchuland]]'' tells the true story of the Elandskloof community, forcibly removed in 1962 from their land near Citrusdal when the Dutch Reformed Church sold what had once been mission land. In December 1996, the Elandsklowers became the first community to own land restored by the Land Claims Court.
 The Conference was hosted and presented by the [[University of South Africa]], the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, the City Council of Pretoria and the [[University of Pretoria]] from 19-25 July 1998.
 From Unisa Library Manuscripts Collection:

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-''[[Buchuland]]'' is a South African opera in three acts, with music by [[Roelof Temmingh]] and a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].
+''[[Buchuland]]'' is a South African opera in three acts in English and Afrikaans, with music by [[Roelof Temmingh]] and a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].
 ==The original text==
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 The Conference was hosted and presented by the [[University of South Africa]], the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria, the City Council of Pretoria and the [[University of Pretoria]] from 19-25 July 1998.
-The librettist, Michael Williams, was the director and David Scarr the conductor of the opera.
+From Unisa Library Manuscripts Collection:
 Denise Sutton was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and Rachelle Jonck the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus.
 == Sources ==
 'Unisa Library Manuscripts Collection', https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/3626/Buchuland%20inventory.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]