In the Drought - Revision history

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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 ==The original text==
-An opera for ten voices in one act with a libretto by [[Adolph Wood]] from the play by [[J. du Plessis]]. Composed in 1954/1955. Originally commissioned by [[Erik Chisholm]]. The piece was subsequently translated into Afrikaans by [[Anton Hartman]] and performed in Johannesburg in 1958.
+An opera for ten voices in one act with a libretto by [[Adolph Wood]] from the play by [[J. du Plessis]]. Composed in 1954/1955. Originally commissioned by [[Erik Chisholm]]. The piece was subsequently translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Anton Hartman]] and performed in Johannesburg in 1958.
 Billed as the first South African opera.

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 == Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==
-: First performed in English at the Johannesburg Festival in October, conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
+: First performed in English at the [[Johannesburg Festival]] in October, conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
 : First performance in Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]'' by the [[South African Opera Federation]] on 17 June 1958 at the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg. With [[Nellie du Toit]] as Elsie, [[Gert Potgieter]] as Mitchell, the German tenor Wolfgang Anheiser as Jakobus Rey. Conducted by [[Erik Chisholm]] and produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]].

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 An opera for ten voices in one act with a libretto by [[Adolph Wood]] from the play by [[J. du Plessis]]. Composed in 1954/1955. Originally commissioned by [[Erik Chisholm]]. The piece was subsequently translated into Afrikaans by [[Anton Hartman]] and performed in Johannesburg in 1958.
-Billed as the first South African opera with a libretto originally in English but translated into Afrikaans.
+Billed as the first South African opera.
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 : First performed in English at the Johannesburg Festival in October, conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
-: First performance in Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]'' by the [[South African Opera Federation]] on 17 June 1958 at the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg. With [[Nellie Du Toit]] as Elsie, [[Gert Potgieter]] as Mitchell, the German tenor Wolfgang Anheiser as Jakobus Rey. Conducted by [[Erik Chisholm]] and produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]].
+: First performance in Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]'' by the [[South African Opera Federation]] on 17 June 1958 at the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg. With [[Nellie du Toit]] as Elsie, [[Gert Potgieter]] as Mitchell, the German tenor Wolfgang Anheiser as Jakobus Rey. Conducted by [[Erik Chisholm]] and produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]].
 The opera was later performed in English in London by the New Opera Company at Sadler's Wells Theatre.

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 == Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==
-: First performed in English by the [[Opera Society of South Africa]] at the Johannesburg Festival in October.
+: First performed in English at the Johannesburg Festival in October, conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
 : First performance in Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]'' by the [[South African Opera Federation]] on 17 June 1958 at the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg. With [[Nellie Du Toit]] as Elsie, [[Gert Potgieter]] as Mitchell, the German tenor Wolfgang Anheiser as Jakobus Rey. Conducted by [[Erik Chisholm]] and produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]].

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]''.
+Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[In die Droogte]]'' by conductor [[Anton Hartman]].
 == Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==

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	"John Joubert - In the Drought (1955)". ''Wise Music Classical''. https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/13277/In-the-Drought--John-Joubert/		"John Joubert - In the Drought (1955)". ''Wise Music Classical''. https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/13277/In-the-Drought--John-Joubert/
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		+	[[Alexandra Mossolow]]. 2003. ''The Career of South African Soprano Nellie du Toit, Born 1929''. [[University of Stellenbosch]]. Unpublished Masters thesis.
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