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	2024: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Artscape]] (18 October to 4 November 2024). With a cast of [[Cape Town Opera]] (CTO) members including [[Conroy Scott]] as Orpheus and [[Brittany Smith]] as Mattie, [[Jody Abrahams]] (Egbert Washburn), [[Dean Balie]] (Ernest Logan), [[Alexis Petersen]] (Lucy Moten), [[Elton Landrew]] (Curtis), [[Eldon van der Merwe]] (Richard McAdoo) and [[Natalie Robbie]] (Lady Loch). The creative team included [[David Kramer]] (director), [[Fiona du Plooy]] as Assistant Director and Movement Director, [[Dawid Bovarhoff]] as Arranger and [[Kevin Kraak]] as Musical Director, Costumes by [[Maritha Visagie]], Set and Visuals by [[Julian David]], lighting by [[Faheem Bardien]] and Sound Design by [[The Grateful Deaf]]. The production was made possible thanks to the support of the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.		2024: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Artscape]] (18 October to 4 November 2024). With a cast of [[Cape Town Opera]] (CTO) members including [[Conroy Scott]] as Orpheus and [[Brittany Smith]] as Mattie, [[Jody Abrahams]] (Egbert Washburn), [[Dean Balie]] (Ernest Logan), [[Alexis Petersen]] (Lucy Moten), [[Elton Landrew]] (Curtis), [[Eldon van der Merwe]] (Richard McAdoo) and [[Natalie Robbie]] (Lady Loch). The creative team included [[David Kramer]] (director), [[Fiona du Plooy]] as Assistant Director and Movement Director, [[Dawid Bovarhoff]] as Arranger and [[Kevin Kraak]] as Musical Director, Costumes by [[Maritha Visagie]], Set and Visuals by [[Julian David]], lighting by [[Faheem Bardien]] and Sound Design by [[The Grateful Deaf]]. The production was made possible thanks to the support of the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.
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		+	2025: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Artscape]] (21 October - 2 November).

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 ==The legacy==
-In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'')''', and updated in 2024 as ''[[Orpheus McAdoo]]''
+In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  '''''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'''''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'')''', and updated in 2024 as ''[[Orpheus McAdoo]]''
 == Sources ==

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 Among the places they performed were Port Elizabeth , where it is reported that the “clever company of [[minstrels]] and [[variety]] artistes” from [[McAdoo’s Vaudeville Company]] gave a performance at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on January 11, 1898, for example, and Durban in the same year, where they ended their visits, before McAdoo returned to the USA.
-In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'')'''
+==The legacy==
 == Sources ==

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 An updated, expanded adaptation of Kramer's 2025 musical '''''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'''''. The plot lines of the original production were developed, including the interaction between Orpheus and Ernest and Egbert (the minstrels). Kramer also wrote three new songs for Orpheus, which are in the 2nd act.
-The story revolves around the African-American choir known as [[The Virginia Jubilee Concert Company]] led by [[Orpheus McAdoo]], that visited South Africa in the 1890s. Invited by Lady Loch, the High Commissioner’s wife, they successfully presented a style of singing that had never before been heard in the Cape and beyond. The troupe was warmly embraced and became an overnight sensation, and over a period of two years they toured towns and cities like Worcester, Wellington, Kimberley, Graaff- Reinet and Laingsburg, as well as the rest of South Africa.
+The story revolves around the African-American choir known as The [[Virginia Jubilee Concert Company]] led by [[Orpheus McAdoo]], that visited South Africa in the 1890s. Invited by Lady Loch, the High Commissioner’s wife, they successfully presented a style of singing that had never before been heard in the Cape and beyond. The troupe was warmly embraced and became an overnight sensation, and over a period of two years they toured towns and cities like Worcester, Wellington, Kimberley, Graaff- Reinet and Laingsburg, as well as the rest of South Africa.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 An updated, expanded adaptation of Kramer's 2025 musical '''''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'''''. The plot lines of the original production were developed, including the interaction between Orpheus and Ernest and Egbert (the minstrels). Kramer also wrote three new songs for Orpheus, which are in the 2nd act.
-The story revolves around the African-American choir known as The Virginia Jubilee Concert Company led by [[Orpheus McAdoo]], that visited South Africa in the 1890s. Invited by Lady Loch, the High Commissioner’s wife, they successfully presented a style of singing that had never before been heard in the Cape and beyond. The troupe was warmly embraced and became an overnight sensation, and over a period of two years they toured towns and cities like Worcester, Wellington, Kimberley, Graaff- Reinet and Laingsburg, as well as the rest of South Africa.
+The story revolves around the African-American choir known as [[The Virginia Jubilee Concert Company]] led by [[Orpheus McAdoo]], that visited South Africa in the 1890s. Invited by Lady Loch, the High Commissioner’s wife, they successfully presented a style of singing that had never before been heard in the Cape and beyond. The troupe was warmly embraced and became an overnight sensation, and over a period of two years they toured towns and cities like Worcester, Wellington, Kimberley, Graaff- Reinet and Laingsburg, as well as the rest of South Africa.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original text==
-An updated, expanded adaptation of Kramer's 2025 musical ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. The plot lines of the original production were developed, including the interaction between Orpheus and Ernest and Egbert (the minstrels). Kramer also wrote three new songs for Orpheus, which are in the 2nd act.
+An updated, expanded adaptation of Kramer's 2025 musical '''''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'''''. The plot lines of the original production were developed, including the interaction between Orpheus and Ernest and Egbert (the minstrels). Kramer also wrote three new songs for Orpheus, which are in the 2nd act.
 The story revolves around the African-American choir known as The Virginia Jubilee Concert Company led by [[Orpheus McAdoo]], that visited South Africa in the 1890s. Invited by Lady Loch, the High Commissioner’s wife, they successfully presented a style of singing that had never before been heard in the Cape and beyond. The troupe was warmly embraced and became an overnight sensation, and over a period of two years they toured towns and cities like Worcester, Wellington, Kimberley, Graaff- Reinet and Laingsburg, as well as the rest of South Africa.

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 In the end the company would spend almost five years in South Africa, on and off, and is credited by some with shaping the performance style adopted by Cape [[Coon Carnival]] tradition in later years.
-Among the places they performed were Port Elizabeth , where it is reported that the “clever company of [[minstrels]] and [[variety]] artistes” from [[McAdoo’s Vaudeville Company]] gave a performance at the Port Elizabeth [[Opera House]] on January 11, 1898, for example, and Durban in the same year, where they ended their visits, before McAdoo returned to the USA.
+Among the places they performed were Port Elizabeth , where it is reported that the “clever company of [[minstrels]] and [[variety]] artistes” from [[McAdoo’s Vaudeville Company]] gave a performance at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on January 11, 1898, for example, and Durban in the same year, where they ended their visits, before McAdoo returned to the USA.
 In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015. '''(See ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]'')'''

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	https://www.artscape.co.za/cape-town-opera-to-present-david-kramers-orpheus-mcadoo-at-artscape-in-october-2024-a-first-time-collaboration/		https://www.artscape.co.za/cape-town-opera-to-present-david-kramers-orpheus-mcadoo-at-artscape-in-october-2024-a-first-time-collaboration/
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		+	https://thecaperobyn.co.za/review-david-kramers-musical-orpheus-mcadooground-breaking-stunning-performances/

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Artscape]] (18 October to 4 November 2024).  With a cast of [[Cape Town Opera]] (CTO) members including [[Conroy Scott]] as Orpheus and [[Brittany Smith]] as Mattie, [[Jody Abrahams]] (Egbert Washburn), [[Dean Balie]] (Ernest Logan), [[Alexis Petersen]] (Lucy Moten), [[Elton Landrew]] (Curtis), [[Eldon van der Merwe]] (Richard McAdoo) and [[Natalie Robbie]] (Lady Loch). The creative team included [[Fiona du Plooy]] as Assistant Director and Movement Director, [[Dawid Bovarhoff]] as Arranger and [[Kevin Kraak]] as Musical Director, Costumes by [[Maritha Visagie]], Set and Visuals by [[Julian David]], lighting by [[Faheem Bardien]] and Sound Design by [[The Grateful Deaf]]. The production was made possible thanks to the support of the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at [[Artscape]] (18 October to 4 November 2024).  With a cast of [[Cape Town Opera]] (CTO) members including [[Conroy Scott]] as Orpheus and [[Brittany Smith]] as Mattie, [[Jody Abrahams]] (Egbert Washburn), [[Dean Balie]] (Ernest Logan), [[Alexis Petersen]] (Lucy Moten), [[Elton Landrew]] (Curtis), [[Eldon van der Merwe]] (Richard McAdoo) and [[Natalie Robbie]] (Lady Loch). The creative team included [[David Kramer]] (director), [[Fiona du Plooy]] as Assistant Director and Movement Director, [[Dawid Bovarhoff]] as Arranger and [[Kevin Kraak]] as Musical Director, Costumes by [[Maritha Visagie]], Set and Visuals by [[Julian David]], lighting by [[Faheem Bardien]] and Sound Design by [[The Grateful Deaf]]. The production was made possible thanks to the support of the Western Cape Government Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport.
 == Sources ==