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 : Presented  in the Drama at the [[State Theatre]] by [[Black Tie Ensemble]] in a double bill with a reduced version of ''[[Il Barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (April 2005). Conductor - [[Graham Scott]]; Director - [[Leonard Prinsloo]]; Assistant director - [[Vanessa Nicolau]]; Décor - [[Colin O'Mara Davis]]; Costumes co-ordinator - [[Bronwen Lovegrove]]; Lighting - [[Declan Randall]]; Repetitors - [[Susan Steenkamp-Swanepoel]] and [[Engeli le Roux]]; Barber script - [[Leonard Prinsloo]]; Stage manager - [[Eugéne Prinsloo]]; Orchestra - [[Johannesburg Music Initiative]]; Concert master - [[Irene Tsoniff]]. With the following cast: [[Michael Dungel]], [[Zanele Gumede]], [[Rheinaldt Moagi]], [[Raymond Tyack]], [[Loveline Madumo]], [[Delsy Mooki]], [[Dikgang Mantoro]], [[Paul Madibeng]], [[Thabang Senekal]], [[Teresa de Wit]], [[Linda Zitha]], [[Bongiwe Madlala]], [[Obakeng Molepe]], [[Jonathan Boinamo]] and [[Itumeleng Tladi]].
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (18–27 November)
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (18–27 November); ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' directed by [[Marcus Desando]], with [[Lindile Kenneth Kula]], [[Zukiswa Tsewu]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Mthunzi Mbombela]], [[Lindiwe Lamola]], [[Lubabalo Velebayi]], [[Nkosana Sitimela]], [[Luthando Qave]], [[Monde Masimini]]. Conductor [[Peter Valentovic]], Costume Designer [[Michael Mitchell]], Set Designer [[Michael Mitchell]], Lighting Designer [[Patrick Curtis]].
 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' (16–21 April)
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 : Presented by [[Black Tie Ensemble]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]''  in the [[South African State Theatre]], Drama Theatre. Production sponsored by The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Conductor - [[Phillip Pointner]],  Director -  [[Marcus Desando]], Lighting designer - [[Faheem Bardien]], Set designer - [[Nadine van Aswegen]], Repetitors - [[Susan Steenkamp-Swanepoel]] and [[Willem Luitingh]], Costume designer of ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' - [[Bruno Santini]], Costume designer of [[Gianni Schicchi]] - [[Arnold Cloete]] and [[Marcus Desando]]. Costumes co-ordinator - [[Bronwen Lovegrove]], Technical coordinator - [[Vanessa Nicolau]], Stage manager - [[Leigh-Anne Nanguia]], with the [[Black Tie Orchestra]] and the [[Black Tie Opera Chorus]]. Cast: [[Henry Fondo]] (Buoso Donati), [[Thabang Senekal]] (Gianni Schichhi), [[Caroline Nkwe]]/[[Caroline Modiba]] (Lauretta), [[Fikile Mthetwa]] (Zita), [[Tshepang Wolf]] (Rinuccio), [[Bongani Makhanya]] (Gherardo), [[Nomsa Mbatha]] (Nella), [[Donovan Linde]] (Gherardino), [[Martin Mkhize]] (Betto di Signa), [[Ebenezer Sawuli]]/[[Mziyanda Zitha]] (Simone), [[Elias Moss]] (Marco), [[Kathy Neuland]] (La Ciesca), [[Lesego Moatshe]] (Maestro Spinelloccio), [[Dikgang Mantoro]] (Ser Amantio di Nicolao), [[Kagiso Boroko]] (Pinellino), [[Henry Fondo]] (Guccio) (on 28 September, 30 September, 2 October, 12 October, 14 October and 16 October).
 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]], with the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Jeremy Silver]], with lighting design by [[Faheem Bardien]], movement direction by [[Fiona du Plooy]] and set and costume design by [[Allegra Bernacchioni]]. With [[Conroy Scott]] in the title role. The cast included CTO’s Judith Neilson Young Artists [[Dineo Bokala]] as Lauretta, [[Julia Portela Piñón]] as Zita and [[Lonwabo Mose]] as Simone.
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 : Presented by [[Black Tie Ensemble]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]''  in the [[South African State Theatre]], Drama Theatre. Production sponsored by The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Conductor - [[Phillip Pointner]],  Director -  [[Marcus Desando]], Lighting designer - [[Faheem Bardien]], Set designer - [[Nadine van Aswegen]], Repetitors - [[Susan Steenkamp-Swanepoel]] and [[Willem Luitingh]], Costume designer of ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' - [[Bruno Santini]], Costume designer of [[Gianni Schicchi]] - [[Arnold Cloete]] and [[Marcus Desando]]. Costumes co-ordinator - [[Bronwen Lovegrove]], Technical coordinator - [[Vanessa Nicolau]], Stage manager - [[Leigh-Anne Nanguia]], with the [[Black Tie Orchestra]] and the [[Black Tie Opera Chorus]]. Cast: [[Henry Fondo]] (Buoso Donati), [[Thabang Senekal]] (Gianni Schichhi), [[Caroline Nkwe]]/[[Caroline Modiba]] (Lauretta), [[Fikile Mthetwa]] (Zita), [[Tshepang Wolf]] (Rinuccio), [[Bongani Makhanya]] (Gherardo), [[Nomsa Mbatha]] (Nella), [[Donovan Linde]] (Gherardino), [[Martin Mkhize]] (Betto di Signa), [[Ebenezer Sawuli]]/[[Mziyanda Zitha]] (Simone), [[Elias Moss]] (Marco), [[Kathy Neuland]] (La Ciesca), [[Lesego Moatshe]] (Maestro Spinelloccio), [[Dikgang Mantoro]] (Ser Amantio di Nicolao), [[Kagiso Boroko]] (Pinellino), [[Henry Fondo]] (Guccio) (on 28 September, 30 September, 2 October, 12 October, 14 October and 16 October).
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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' (16–21 April)
-: Presented by [[Black Tie Ensemble]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]''  in the [[South African State Theatre]], Drama Theatre. Production sponsored by The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Conductor - [[Phillip Pointner]],  Director -  [[Marcus Desando]], Lighting designer - [[Faheem Bardien]], Set designer - [[Nadine van Aswegen]], Repetitors - [[Susan Steenkamp-Swanepoel]] and [[Willem Luitingh]], Costume designer of ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' - [[Bruno Santini]], Costume designer of [[Gianni Schicchi]] - [[Arnold Cloete]] and [[Marcus Desando]]. Costumes co-ordinator - [[Bronwen Lovegrove]], Technical coordinator - [[Vanessa Nicolau]], Stage manager - [[Leigh-Anne Nanguia]], with the [[Black Tie Orchestra]] and the [[Black Tie Opera Chorus]]. Cast: [[Henry Fondo]] (Buoso Donati), [[Thabang Senekal]] (Gianni Schichhi), [[Caroline Nkwe]]/[[Caroline Modiba]] (Lauretta), [[Fikile Mthetwa]] (Zita), [[Tshepang Wolf]] (Rinuccio), [[Bongani Makhanya]] (Gherardo), [[Nomsa Mbatha]] (Nella), [[Donovan Linde]] (Gherardino), [[Martin Mkhize]] (Betto di Signa), [[Ebenezer Sawuli]]/[[Mziyanda Zitha]] (Simone), [[Elias Moss]] (Marco), [[Kathy Neuland]] (La Ciesca), [[Lesego Moatshe]] (Maestro Spinelloccio), [[Dikgang Mantoro]] (Ser Amantio di Nicolao), [[Kagiso Boroko]] (Pinellino), [[Henry Fondo]] (Guccio).
+: Presented by [[Black Tie Ensemble]] in a double bill with ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]''  in the [[South African State Theatre]], Drama Theatre. Production sponsored by The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Conductor - [[Phillip Pointner]],  Director -  [[Marcus Desando]], Lighting designer - [[Faheem Bardien]], Set designer - [[Nadine van Aswegen]], Repetitors - [[Susan Steenkamp-Swanepoel]] and [[Willem Luitingh]], Costume designer of ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' - [[Bruno Santini]], Costume designer of [[Gianni Schicchi]] - [[Arnold Cloete]] and [[Marcus Desando]]. Costumes co-ordinator - [[Bronwen Lovegrove]], Technical coordinator - [[Vanessa Nicolau]], Stage manager - [[Leigh-Anne Nanguia]], with the [[Black Tie Orchestra]] and the [[Black Tie Opera Chorus]]. Cast: [[Henry Fondo]] (Buoso Donati), [[Thabang Senekal]] (Gianni Schichhi), [[Caroline Nkwe]]/[[Caroline Modiba]] (Lauretta), [[Fikile Mthetwa]] (Zita), [[Tshepang Wolf]] (Rinuccio), [[Bongani Makhanya]] (Gherardo), [[Nomsa Mbatha]] (Nella), [[Donovan Linde]] (Gherardino), [[Martin Mkhize]] (Betto di Signa), [[Ebenezer Sawuli]]/[[Mziyanda Zitha]] (Simone), [[Elias Moss]] (Marco), [[Kathy Neuland]] (La Ciesca), [[Lesego Moatshe]] (Maestro Spinelloccio), [[Dikgang Mantoro]] (Ser Amantio di Nicolao), [[Kagiso Boroko]] (Pinellino), [[Henry Fondo]] (Guccio) (on 28 September, 30 September, 2 October, 12 October, 14 October and 16 October).
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 : Presented in Afrikaans in a douple bill with ''[[Il Tabarro]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] by [[PACT Opera]]. Conductor - [[Leo Quayle]];
-Director/producer - [[Victor Melleney]]; Design - [[Graham Brown]]. Cast: Gianni Schicchi - Dawie Couzyn;
+Director/producer - [[Victor Melleney]]; Design - [[Graham Brown]]. Cast: Gianni Schicchi - [[Dawie Couzyn]]; Lauretta - [[Leonore Veenemans]]; Zita - [[Stella Beder]]; Rinuccio - [[John Zaverdino]]; Gherardo - [[George Kok]]; Nella - [[Barbara Veenemans]]; Betto di Signa - [[Ken Anderson]]; Simone - [[Øystein Liltved]]; Marco - [[Xander Haagen]]; La Ciesca - [[Marita Knobel]]; Spinelloccio - [[Bruce Anderson]]; Amantio di Nicolaio - [[Ian Donald]]; Pinnellino - [[Harold Kok]]; Guccio - [[Sameul Kock]].
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	[[Antoinette Johanna Olivier]]. 2014. 'Exploring contributions to opera by The Black Tie Ensemble: a historical case study'. Mini-dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master‟s in Music at the Potchefstroom Campus of the [[North-West University]].		[[Antoinette Johanna Olivier]]. 2014. 'Exploring contributions to opera by The Black Tie Ensemble: a historical case study'. Mini-dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master‟s in Music at the Potchefstroom Campus of the [[North-West University]].
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 : Presented in English by the [[South African Opera Federation]].
-: Presented in Afrikaans in a douple bill with ''[[Il Tabarro]]'' by [[PACT Opera]].
+: Presented in Afrikaans in a douple bill with ''[[Il Tabarro]]'' by [[PACT Opera]]. Conductor - [[Leo Quayle]];
 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].