Let's Make an Opera - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

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	''[[Let's Make an Opera]]'' is a dramatic work composed by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier.		''[[Let's Make an Opera]]'' is a dramatic work composed by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier.
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-Subtitled ''An Entertainment for Young People'', the work consists of three acts, the first two being in the form of a play illustrating the preparation and rehearsal of ''The Little Sweep'', the opera which is performed in the third act.
+Subtitled ''An Entertainment for Young People'', the work consists of three acts, the first two being in the form of a play illustrating the preparation and rehearsal of '''''[[The Little Sweep]]''''', the opera which is performed in the third act.
 The piece has the following structure:

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premiered in South Africa at the newly renamed [[Alexander Theatre]] in Braamfontein (formerly known as the [[Reps Theatre]]). The full play was done, including its opera, ''[[The Little Sweep]]''), It was a highly celebrated and served as the prominent South African debut for the renowned performer and singer [[Vivienne Adley]], following her studies and West End tenure in London.
+: Premiered in South Africa at the newly renamed [[Alexander Theatre]] in Braamfontein (formerly known as the [[Reps Theatre]]). The full piece was done, including its opera, ''[[The Little Sweep]]''), and highly celebrated by audiences and critics, and served as the South African debut for the performer and singer [[Vivienne Adley]], who had returned home after  her studies and West End tenure in London.
 == Sources ==

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	Subtitled ''An Entertainment for Young People'', the work consists of three acts, the first two being in the form of a play illustrating the preparation and rehearsal of ''The Little Sweep'', the opera which is performed in the third act.		Subtitled ''An Entertainment for Young People'', the work consists of three acts, the first two being in the form of a play illustrating the preparation and rehearsal of ''The Little Sweep'', the opera which is performed in the third act.
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		+	The piece has the following structure:
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		+	Part One (The Play): The performance begins with a play that shows the audience (and a cast of adult and children actors) in the process of writing, casting, and rehearsing a brand-new opera.
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		+	Part Two (The Opera): The second half is the finished one-act opera, titled ''[[The Little Sweep]]''.
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		+	Audience participation was built directly into the show, teaching the crowd four "audience songs" to be sung from their seats at key moments to help the protagonists in the story.

	It was first performed on 14 June, 1949, by the English Opera Group in the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh'		It was first performed on 14 June, 1949, by the English Opera Group in the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh'

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premiered in South Africa at the newly renamed [[Alexander Theatre]] in Braamfontein (formerly the [[Reps Theatre]]). The full play was done, including its opera, ''[[The Little Sweep]]''), It was a highly celebrated and served as the prominent South African debut for the renowned performer and singer [[Vivienne Adley]], following her studies and West End tenure in London.
+: Premiered in South Africa at the newly renamed [[Alexander Theatre]] in Braamfontein (formerly known as the [[Reps Theatre]]). The full play was done, including its opera, ''[[The Little Sweep]]''), It was a highly celebrated and served as the prominent South African debut for the renowned performer and singer [[Vivienne Adley]], following her studies and West End tenure in London.
 == Sources ==

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 https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-Let-s-Make-an-Opera/6260
 E-mail correspondence from Andrew Linder[], son of [[Vivienne Adley]]. (7-8 May, 2026)
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]