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	[[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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		+	[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].

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 In the 1930s, [[John Connell]] negotiated with the city council of Johannesburg over the necessity for a permanent professional orchestra, called the African Broadcasting Company (ABC) Symphony Orchestra. In September 1933, Connell started a subscription series of ten weekly symphony concerts. He also regularly invited guest conductors and assembled players and ensembles for his symphony series.
-He helped found the short-lived [[National Opera Company]], the equally short-lived [[National Opera Society]], [[Johannesburg Philharmonic Society]],  and the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] ([[JODS]]). He presented seasons of up to eight operas in the City Hall in the 1940’s. He was invited by [[African Theatres]] in 1941 to present his operas, such as ''[[Tosca]]'', at the [[Empire Theatre]].
+He helped found the short-lived [[National Opera Company]], the equally short-lived [[National Opera Society]], [[Johannesburg Philharmonic Society]],  and the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] ([[JODS]]) (1919). He presented seasons of up to eight operas in the City Hall in the 1940’s. He was invited by [[African Theatres]] in 1941 to present his operas, such as ''[[Tosca]]'', at the [[Empire Theatre]].
 From 1925 onwards, he actively started producing opera and, by 1950, Connell staged an average of nine to ten operas annually. Connell was also responsible for producing operas such as Bizet‟s ''[[Carmen]]'' sung in English and [[Afrikaans]] in 1946 and Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser]]''. He also started to employ local singers such as [[Dirk Lourens]], [[Betsy de la Porte]] and [[Cecilia Wessels]].

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		+	* ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1930, presented in Johannesburg.

	* ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' in 1932, presented in Johannesburg.		* ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' in 1932, presented in Johannesburg.

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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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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].

	[[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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	* ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1946.		* ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1946.
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		+	* ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' (in Afrikaans, 1948)
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		+	* ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (in Afrikaans , 1950)

	Other operas include: Charles Gounod’s ''[[Faust]]'', Giuseppe Verdi’s ''[[Il trovatore]]'', Gaetano Donizetti’s ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', and Franz Lehar’s ''[[The Merry Widow]]''.		Other operas include: Charles Gounod’s ''[[Faust]]'', Giuseppe Verdi’s ''[[Il trovatore]]'', Gaetano Donizetti’s ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', and Franz Lehar’s ''[[The Merry Widow]]''.

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 He helped found the [[National Opera Company]], [[Johannesburg Philharmonic Society]],  and the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] ([[JODS]]). He presented seasons of up to eight operas in the City Hall in the 1940’s. He was invited by [[African Theatres]] in 1941 to present his operas, such as ''[[Tosca]]'', at the [[Empire Theatre]].
-Connell was also responsible for producing operas such as Bizet‟s ''[[Carmen]]'' sung in English and [[Afrikaans]] in 1946 and Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser]]''. He also started to employ local singers such as [[Dirk Lourens]], [[Betsy de la Porte]] and [[Cecilia Wessels]].
+From 1925 onwards, he actively started producing opera and, by 1950, Connell staged an average of nine to ten operas annually. Connell was also responsible for producing operas such as Bizet‟s ''[[Carmen]]'' sung in English and [[Afrikaans]] in 1946 and Wagner's ''[[Tannhäuser]]''. He also started to employ local singers such as [[Dirk Lourens]], [[Betsy de la Porte]] and [[Cecilia Wessels]].
 He also campaigned seriously for the establishment of a state sponsored national theatre and performing arts sponsorship, along with [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], [[Myles Bourke]] and others, which led to the founding the [[NTO]] in 1947.
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 * ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' in 1932, presented in Johannesburg.
 * ''[[Tosca]]'' in 1941 at the [[Empire Theatre]].
 * ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1946.
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 ==Biography==
-He was Organist and Director of music for the Johannesburg City Council and Johannesburg’s first City Organist since 1916. A noted musical director in later years. He retired in 1950.
+He was Organist and Director of music for the Johannesburg City Council and Johannesburg’s first City Organist from 1916. A noted musical director in later years. He retired in 1950.
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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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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. ''Acta Academica Supplementum''. 2012(1).

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