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 == Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==
 : Presented by the [[Quinlan Opera Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
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 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (15 May – 4 June)
-: Presented by [[PACT Opera]] at the [[State Theatre]] (March)
+: Presented by [[PACT Opera]] at the [[State Theatre]] (March), directed by [[Neels Hansen]], with [[Giovanna de Liso]], [[Claudio di Segni]] (Pinkerton), [[Hanre Lass]] (Suzuki), [[Anton Stoltz]] (Goro) and [[Hans van Heerden]] (Sharpless). Conducted by [[Carlo Franci]].
 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (27 April – 12 May)
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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] (1–15 May)
 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] (26 January – 2 February)

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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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		+	'Opera’s tale of two cities'. ''[[Mail & Guardian]]''. 8 March 1996.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1993: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (15 May – 4 June)		1993: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (15 May – 4 June)
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		+	1996: Presented by [[PACT Opera]] at the [[State Theatre]] (March)

	1996: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (27 April – 12 May)		1996: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (27 April – 12 May)

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 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]]
-: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, produced by [[Enayat Rezai]], conducted by [[John Pryce-Jones]].
+: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]] in Durban’s [[Alhambra Theatre]] and a single performance in Pietermaritzburg in the [[Winston Churchill Theatre]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, [[Luigi Bianco]] as Pinkerton and [[Jean Stuart]] as Suzuki. Produced by [[Enayat Rezai]], [[Durban Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[John Pryce-Jones]].
 : Presented by [[PACT Opera]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]]; presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].

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 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]]/[[Leonore Veenemans]] as Cio-Cio-San, [[Michael Trimbel]]/[[Luigi Bianco]] shared the role of Pinkerton, [[Sarita Stern]] as Suzuki, [[George Kok]] as Goro, [[Øystein Liltved]] as Bonze and [[Hans van Heerden]] as Sharpless produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], [[CAPAB Orchestra]] conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
-: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Angelo Gobbato]], conducted by [[Bryan Balkwill]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].
+: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, [[Evelyn Dalberg]] as Suzuki. [[Kenneth Reynolds]] as Sharpless and [[Øystein Liltved]] as Bonze. Produced by [[Angelo Gobbato]], conducted by [[Bryan Balkwill]].
 : Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]]

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 : Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]].
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]]/[[Leonore Veenemans]] as Cio-Cio-San, [[Michael Trimbel]]/[[Luigi Bianco]] shared the role of Pinkerton, [[Sarita Stern]] as Suzuki, [[George Kok]] as Goro, [[Øystein Liltved]] as Bonze and [[Hans van Heerden]] as Sharpless produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], [[CAPAB Orchestra]] conducted by [[David Tidboald]].
 : Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Angelo Gobbato]], conducted by [[Bryan Balkwill]]; presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].

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 : Presented by the [[EOAN Group]] in the [[Cape Town City Hall]].
-: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Victor Melleney]], conducted by [[Leo Quayle]].
+: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, [[Bob Borowsky]] as Sharpless and Suzuki was portrayed by [[Nohline Mitchell]]. Produced by [[Victor Melleney]],  [[PACT Orchestra]] conducted by [[Leo Quayle]].
 : Presented by [[PACT Opera]]; Concert version presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].

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 : Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]] in Durban, produced by [[Heinrich Haape]], and featuring the students of [[Xenia Belmas]].
-: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Victor Melleney]], conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
+: Presented in English by [[PACT Opera]] in the [[Aula]], Pretoria and Johannesburg’s [[Civic Theatre]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, [[Evelyn Dalberg]] was Suzuki and [[Bob Borowsky]] portrayed Sharpless, produced by [[Victor Melleney]], conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
 : Presented by the [[EOAN Group]] in the [[Cape Town City Hall]].

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 : Presented in English by The [[National Opera Association of South Africa]] in Johannesburg and Durban, with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, produced by [[Alessandro Rota]] and conducted by [[Jeremiah Schulman]] (Johannesburg) and [[Frits Schuurman]] (Durban, in the [[Alhambra Theatre]]). Du Toit, who sang the Gala opening night in the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 19 June 1957, shared the role of Cio-Cio-San with [[Rita Roberts]] and [[Sylvia Factor]]. The Italian tenor [[Sergio Galli]] sang the role of Pinkerton.
-: Presented in English by the [[Pretoria Opera Group]], starring [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]], conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
+: Presented in English by the [[Pretoria Opera Group]] in the [[Aula]], Pretoria, starring [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San (alternating with [[Saline Koch]]), [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, [[Bob Borowsky]] as Sharpless, [[Marie du Plessis]] as Suzuki, [[Hans van Heerden]] as Bonze and [[Louis Knobel]] as Prince Yamadori. Produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]],  [[Pro-Musica Orchestra]] conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].
 : Presented by the [[EOAN Group]]

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 : Produced/directed by [[Alessandro Rota]] in the [[Cape Town City Hall]], conducted by [[Geoffrey Miller]], with the Italian soprano, Rina Bellandi, in the role of Cho Cho San (20, 27 March, 3 April 1948).
-: Presented in English by The [[National Opera Association of South Africa]] in Johannesburg and Durban, with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, produced by [[Alessandro Rota]] and conducted by [[Jeremiah Schulman]] (Johannesburg) and [[Frits Schuurman]] (Durban). Du Toit, who sang the Gala opening night in the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 19 June 1957, shared the role of Cio-Cio-San with [[Rita Roberts]] and [[Sylvia Factor]]. The Italian tenor [[Sergio Galli]] sang the role of Pinkerton.
+: Presented in English by The [[National Opera Association of South Africa]] in Johannesburg and Durban, with [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San, produced by [[Alessandro Rota]] and conducted by [[Jeremiah Schulman]] (Johannesburg) and [[Frits Schuurman]] (Durban, in the [[Alhambra Theatre]]). Du Toit, who sang the Gala opening night in the [[Reps Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 19 June 1957, shared the role of Cio-Cio-San with [[Rita Roberts]] and [[Sylvia Factor]]. The Italian tenor [[Sergio Galli]] sang the role of Pinkerton.
 : Presented in English by the [[Pretoria Opera Group]], starring [[Nellie du Toit]] as Cio-Cio-San and [[Gé Korsten]] as Pinkerton, produced by [[Hermien Dommisse]], conducted by [[Anton Hartman]].