La Bohème - Revision history

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Sources

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20th century

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Performance history in South Africa

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20th century

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20th century

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Performance history in South Africa

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20th century

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Performance history in South Africa

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South African translations and adaptations

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	2006: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] (6–18 May)		2006: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] (6–18 May)

		+	2008: Presented by [[TUT Opera School]], directed and designed by [[Marcus Desando]], featuring TUT Opera School Students.
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	2010: Presented by [[Opera Africa]] and sponsored by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund ([[State Theatre]] in March, [[Joburg Theatre Complex]] in April). Directed by [[Themi Venturas]] and designed by [[Andrew Verster]]. [[Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Timothy Myers]]. With [[Kelebogile Boikanyo]], [[Hanli Stapela]], [[Stéfan Louw]], [[Otto Maidi]], [[Rouel Beukes]] and [[Aubrey Lodewyk]].		2010: Presented by [[Opera Africa]] and sponsored by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund ([[State Theatre]] in March, [[Joburg Theatre Complex]] in April). Directed by [[Themi Venturas]] and designed by [[Andrew Verster]]. [[Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Timothy Myers]]. With [[Kelebogile Boikanyo]], [[Hanli Stapela]], [[Stéfan Louw]], [[Otto Maidi]], [[Rouel Beukes]] and [[Aubrey Lodewyk]].

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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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].
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		+	Frederick Hale. 2013. ''The first scholarly South African interpretation of Wagner? Ramsden Balmforth's Fabian analysis of the Ring and Parsifal'', [[Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa]], 10:1, 53-69.
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-: First performed in Cape Town, produced by [[Guiseppe Paganelli]]. With the [[Cape Town Orchestra]].
+: Performed in Cape Town, produced by [[Guiseppe Paganelli]]. With the [[Cape Town Orchestra]].
 : Presented by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], conducted by [[John Connell]].

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		+	1934: First performed in Cape Town, produced by [[Guiseppe Paganelli]]. With the [[Cape Town Orchestra]].

	1945: Presented by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], conducted by [[John Connell]].		1945: Presented by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], conducted by [[John Connell]].

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 : Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]].
-: Presented by [[PACT Opera]]; presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].
+: Presented by [[PACT Opera]], produced by [[Neels Hansen]], with [[Marcella Reale]] as Mimì.
 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].
-: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Mimì and [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, produced by [[Neels Hansen]], conducted by [[Leo Quayle]].
+: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]] in Pretoria and at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Mimì, [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, [[Gwilym Evans]] as Marcello, [[Rita Roberts]] as Musetta, [[Harold Blackburn]] as Colline and [[Ian Donald]] as Schaunard. Produced by [[Neels Hansen]],  [[PACT Orchestra]] conducted by [[Leo Quayle]].
 : Presented by [[UCT Opera School]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]].

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 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in collaboration with [[UCT Opera Company]], with [[Désirée Talbot]] as Mimì, [[Nellie du Toit]] as Musetta and [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] as Marcello. Produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], [[Cape Town Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
-: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Mimì, [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, [[Hans van Heerden]] as Marcello and [[Leonore Veenemans]] as Musetta. Produced by [[James Conrad]], [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Edgar Cree]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
+: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]]/[[Rose Barnett]] as Mimì, [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, [[Hans van Heerden]] as Marcello and [[Leonore Veenemans]] as Musetta. Produced by [[James Conrad]], [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Edgar Cree]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].

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 : Presented by the [[EOAN Group]] in Cape Town and on tour to Johannesburg, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth from June to August 1965.
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in collaboration with [[UCT Opera Company]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Musetta and [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] in collaboration with [[UCT Opera Company]], with [[Désirée Talbot]] as Mimì, [[Nellie du Toit]] as Musetta and [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] as Marcello. Produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], [[Cape Town Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
 : Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Mimì and [[Gé Korsten]] as Rodolfo, produced by [[James Conrad]], conducted by [[Edgar Cree]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].

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 ==South African translations and adaptations==
-Translated in Afrikaans by [[Bosman de Kok]].
+Translated in Afrikaans by [[Bosman de Kock]].
 Adapted by [[Harold David (Hal) Shaper]] (1931-2004) in 1997/1998 as ''[[La Bohème Noir]]'', set on Republic Day (31 May) in Soweto during the student uprising of 1976.