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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in collaboration with [[Artscape]], [[Dedel'ingoma Music-Theatre Company]], the
-[[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Western Cape Cultural Commission]] at [[Spier]] (7–15 March), directed by [[Nancy Diuguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]. Set design by [[Sarah Calburn]], costumes by [[Black Coffee]]. With the [[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Xandi van Dijk]]. Featuring [[Ntombizodumo Mahlaba]], [[Philisa Sibeko]], [[Mandlenkosi Mhkize]], [[Abel Moeng]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[James Stent Mahlaba]], [[Nkozasana Dimande]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Kwezi Davani]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Collen Tontsi]], and the [[Cape Town Opera]] chorus, under [[Daniel Mestre]].
+[[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Western Cape Cultural Commission]] at [[Spier]] (7–15 March), directed by [[Nancy Diuguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]. Choreography by [[Boyzie Cekwana]]. Set design by [[Sarah Calburn]], costumes by [[Black Coffee]]. With the [[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Xandi van Dijk]]. Featuring [[Ntombizodumo Mahlaba]], [[Philisa Sibeko]], [[Mandlenkosi Mhkize]], [[Abel Moeng]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[James Stent Mahlaba]], [[Nkozasana Dimande]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Kwezi Davani]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Collen Tontsi]], and the [[Cape Town Opera]] chorus, under [[Daniel Mestre]].
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-''[[Earthdiving]]'' or ''[[earthdiving]]'' is a techno-opera composed by [[Mokale Koapeng]] with [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and [[Martin Phipps]], and  with text by [[Nancy Duiguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]].
+''[[Earthdiving]]'' or ''[[earthdiving]]'' is a techno-opera composed by [[Mokale Koapeng]] with [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and [[Martin Phipps]], and  with text by [[Nancy Diuguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]].
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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in collaboration with [[Artscape]], [[Dedel'ingoma Music-Theatre Company]], the
-[[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Western Cape Cultural Commission]] at [[Spier]] (7–15 March), directed by [[Nancy Duiguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]. Set design by [[Sarah Calburn]], costumes by [[Black Coffee]]. With the [[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Xandi van Dijk]]. Featuring [[Ntombizodumo Mahlaba]], [[Philisa Sibeko]], [[Mandlenkosi Mhkize]], [[Abel Moeng]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[James Stent Mahlaba]], [[Nkozasana Dimande]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Kwezi Davani]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Collen Tontsi]], and the [[Cape Town Opera]] chorus, under [[Daniel Mestre]].
+[[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Western Cape Cultural Commission]] at [[Spier]] (7–15 March), directed by [[Nancy Diuguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]. Set design by [[Sarah Calburn]], costumes by [[Black Coffee]]. With the [[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Xandi van Dijk]]. Featuring [[Ntombizodumo Mahlaba]], [[Philisa Sibeko]], [[Mandlenkosi Mhkize]], [[Abel Moeng]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[James Stent Mahlaba]], [[Nkozasana Dimande]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Kwezi Davani]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Collen Tontsi]], and the [[Cape Town Opera]] chorus, under [[Daniel Mestre]].
 == Sources ==

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	The text interweaves Greek mythology — specifically the myth of Demeter and Pluto — with Khoisan ritual and beliefs.		The text interweaves Greek mythology — specifically the myth of Demeter and Pluto — with Khoisan ritual and beliefs.
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		+	The opera is a story of an archetypal family and a community, living in both this world and the underworld, who go through powerful tensions of power, love and revenge to reach forgiveness, reconciliation and compassion. They learn to transform certain emotions which have become destructive for the good of the world.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Spier]] (7–15 March), directed by [[Nancy Duiguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]. Set design by [[Sarah Calburn]], costumes by [[Black Coffee]]. With the [[Cape Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Xandi van Dijk]]. Featuring [[Ntombizodumo Mahlaba]], [[Philisa Sibeko]], [[Mandlenkosi Mhkize]], [[Abel Moeng]], and the [[Cape Town Opera]] chorus, under [[Daniel Mestre]].
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in collaboration with [[Artscape]], [[Dedel'ingoma Music-Theatre Company]], the
 == Sources ==

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−	''[[Earthdiving]]'' or ''[[earthdiving]]'' is a techno-opera composed by [[Mokale Koapeng]] with [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and [[Martin Phipps]], and with text by Nancy ~~Duigud~~ and [[Nan Hamilton]].	+	''[[Earthdiving]]'' or ''[[earthdiving]]'' is a techno-opera composed by [[Mokale Koapeng]] with [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and [[Martin Phipps]], and with text by [[Nancy Duiguid]] and [[Nan Hamilton]].

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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	[[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.		[[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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		+	[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].

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 ==The original text==
-The text interweaves Greek mythology — specifically the myth of Demeter and Pluto — with an African look and vocabulary owing much to Khoisan ritual.
+The text interweaves Greek mythology — specifically the myth of Demeter and Pluto — with Khoisan ritual and beliefs.
 ==Translations and adaptations==