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''[[Enoch, Prophet of God]]'' is an opera composed by [[Roelof Temmingh]] (1946–2012) with a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].

==The original text==

Relating the true events of the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape in 1921 when a lay priest, Enoch Mgijima, and his church followers, called the Israelites, were killed by police after they had supposedly illegally occupied a farm.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1995: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (24 January – 4 February)

== Sources ==

[[Wayne Muller]]. 'How South Africans forged a path to making opera truly African'. ''[[The Conversation]]''. 29 January 2019

[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role. Conducted by [[David John Scarr]] and directed by [[Michael Williams]], with [[Abel Motsoadi]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Sibongile Mngoma]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[John Eager]], [[Christina Farr]], [[Gordon Christie]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Lungile Jacobs]]. Designed by [[Nadya Cohen]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role. Conducted by [[David John Scarr]] and directed by [[Michael Williams]], with [[Abel Motsoadi]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Sibongile Mngoma]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[John Eager]], [[Christina Farr]], [[Gordon Christie]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Lungile Jacobs]]. Designed by [[Nadya Cohen]]. Lighting by [[John T Baker]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role. Conducted by [[David John Scarr]] and directed by [[Michael Williams]], with [[Abel Motsoadi]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Sibongile Mngoma]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[John Eager]], [[Christina Farr]], [[Gordon Christie]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Lungile Jacobs]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role. Conducted by [[David John Scarr]] and directed by [[Michael Williams]], with [[Abel Motsoadi]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Sibongile Mngoma]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[John Eager]], [[Christina Farr]], [[Gordon Christie]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Lungile Jacobs]]. Designed by [[Nadya Cohen]].
 == Sources ==

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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.
-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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-''[[Enoch, Prophet of God]]'' is an opera composed by [[Roelof Temmingh]] (1946–2012) with a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].
+''[[Enoch, Prophet of God]]'' is an opera composed by [[Roelof Temmingh]] (1946–2012) and [[Lungile Jacobs]], with a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].
 ==The original text==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role.
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] (24 January – 4 February), with [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] singing the title role. Conducted by [[David John Scarr]] and directed by [[Michael Williams]], with [[Abel Motsoadi]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Sibongile Mngoma]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[John Eager]], [[Christina Farr]], [[Gordon Christie]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Ronald Theys]], [[Lungile Jacobs]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
 Relating the true events of the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape in 1921 when a lay priest, Enoch Mgijima, and his church followers, called the Israelites, were killed by police after they had supposedly illegally occupied a farm.
 ==Translations and adaptations==