David Tidboald - Revision history

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 Tidboald conducted the following operas:
-: ''[[The Portuguese Inn]]'', ''[[La serva padrona]]'' ([[UCT Opera Company]])
+: ''[[The Portuguese Inn]]'' ([[UCT Opera Company]])
 : ''[[Tosca]]'' ([[UCT Opera Company]])

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-Tidboald conducted the following operas for the [[UCT Opera Company]]: ''[[The Portuguese Inn]]'', ''[[La serva padrona]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'',  ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[Turandot]]''
+Tidboald conducted the following operas:
 : ''[[Prodaná nevěsta]]'' (''[[The Bartered Bride]]'') for [[CAPAB Opera]]

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 Tidboald conducted the following operas for the [[UCT Opera Company]]: ''[[The Portuguese Inn]]'', ''[[La serva padrona]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'',  ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[Turandot]]''
-– ''[[Prodaná nevěsta]]'' (''[[The Bartered Bride]]'') for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[Prodaná nevěsta]]'' (''[[The Bartered Bride]]'') for [[CAPAB Opera]]
-– ''[[La bohème]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[La bohème]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
-– ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
-– ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
-– ''[[La traviata]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[La traviata]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
-– ''[[Otello]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
+: ''[[Otello]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]]
 ==Awards==

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 Tidboald conducted the following operas for the [[UCT Opera Company]]: ''[[The Portuguese Inn]]'', ''[[La serva padrona]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'',  ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[Turandot]]''
-For [[CAPAB]]: ''[[The Bartered Bride]]''.
+– ''[[Prodaná nevěsta]]'' (''[[The Bartered Bride]]'') for [[CAPAB Opera]]
 ==Awards==
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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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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 In August 1960 Tidboald was appointed conductor for the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. In March 1962 Tidboald was appointed as lecturer in conducting at the [[SACM]]. His responsibilities included conducting the UCT Orchestra and opera productions at the [[Little Theatre]].
-Tidboald left for England in October 1965 and until 1970 he conducted the LSO, the LPO, the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and especially the Bournemouth Orchestra. On occasion he returned to South Africa to conduct various opera productions of the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]]), in conjunction with the [[UCT Opera Company]], at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1968 and 1969. He also conducted the [[SABC]] Orchestra. In 1970 he was appointed as musical director of the [[CAPAB Orchestra]].
+Tidboald left for England in October 1965 and until 1970 he conducted the LSO, the LPO, the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and especially the Bournemouth Orchestra. On occasion he returned to South Africa to conduct various opera productions of the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]]), in conjunction with the [[UCT Opera Company]], at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1968 and 1969. He also conducted the [[SABC]] Orchestra. In 1970 he was appointed as musical director of the [[CAPAB Orchestra]]. He resigned in 1982.
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		+	In 1987 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Natal.

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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	In August 1960 Tidboald was appointed conductor for the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. In March 1962 Tidboald was appointed as lecturer in conducting at the [[SACM]]. His responsibilities included conducting the UCT Orchestra and opera productions at the [[Little Theatre]].		In August 1960 Tidboald was appointed conductor for the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. In March 1962 Tidboald was appointed as lecturer in conducting at the [[SACM]]. His responsibilities included conducting the UCT Orchestra and opera productions at the [[Little Theatre]].
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		+	Tidboald left for England in October 1965 and until 1970 he conducted the LSO, the LPO, the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra, and especially the Bournemouth Orchestra. On occasion he returned to South Africa to conduct various opera productions of the [[Cape Performing Arts Board]] ([[CAPAB]]), in conjunction with the [[UCT Opera Company]], at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1968 and 1969. He also conducted the [[SABC]] Orchestra. In 1970 he was appointed as musical director of the [[CAPAB Orchestra]].

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 In 1957, Tidboald toured South Africa for three months with Beryl Grey and Oleg Briansky under the auspices of the [[African Consolidated Theatres]].
-Tidboald returned to South Africa in January and February 1960 as musical director of Laurie Johnson’s musical, ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters]]'' (with [[Leonard Schach]] as producer), at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]]. The Bredan Behan play, ''[[The Hostage]]'', also produced by Schach, in which Tidboald was the pianist, was presented concurrently.
+Tidboald returned to South Africa in January and February 1960 as musical director of Laurie Johnson’s musical, ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters]]'' (with [[Leonard Schach]] as producer), at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]]. The Brendan Behan play, ''[[The Hostage]]'', also produced by Schach, in which Tidboald was the pianist, was presented concurrently.
 In August 1960 Tidboald was appointed conductor for the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra. In March 1962 Tidboald was appointed as lecturer in conducting at the [[SACM]]. His responsibilities included conducting the UCT Orchestra and opera productions at the [[Little Theatre]].