PACT Opera - Revision history

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 : ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
-: ''[[Carmen]]''
+: ''[[Carmen]]'', ''[[Cosi fan tutte]]''
 : ''[[Otello]]''; ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''; ''[[I Pagliacci]]''

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	1979: ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''		1979: ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
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		+	1980: ''[[Carmen]]''

	1981: ''[[Otello]]''; ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''; ''[[I Pagliacci]]''		1981: ''[[Otello]]''; ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''; ''[[I Pagliacci]]''

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 : ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
-: ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[La traviata]]'', ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'', ''[[I Pagliacci]]''
+: ''[[Otello]]''; ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''; ''[[I Pagliacci]]''
 : ''[[Aida]]''
-: ''[[Tosca]]''
+: ''[[Tosca]]''; ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''

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	1982: ''[[Aida]]''		1982: ''[[Aida]]''
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		+	1996: ''[[Tosca]]''

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	==Staff==		==Staff==
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		+	[[Neels Hansen]] was director of [[PACT Opera]] in 1987.

	==Productions==		==Productions==

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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.
-Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. [[Acta Academica]] Supplementum. 2012(1).
+[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].
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 The first opera season held at the [[State Theatre]] consisted of four Italian operas, Giuseppe Verdi’s ''[[Otello]]'' and ''[[La traviata]]'', Pietro Mascagni’s ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s ''[[I Pagliacci]]''. However, all principal roles were sung by singers imported from Europe.
-In 1982, [[PACT Opera]] introduced the first international singer of colour, namely the American soprano, Martina Arroyo, in the leading role in ''[[Aida]]'' by Verdi with a supported opera chorus from all cultures in South Africa. This set a dramatic change in the demand to introduce opera to a wider circle of the public. The opera repertoire presented at [[PACT]] was performed in five languages and spanned the operatic literature from Mozart to contemporary works. Contemporary works included operas by Janacek and Britten, operas by South African composers such as Hofmeyr and Temmingh, as well as musical comedies and operettas.
+In 1982, [[PACT Opera]] introduced the first international singer of colour, namely the American soprano, Martina Arroyo, in the leading role in ''[[Aida]]'' by Verdi with a supported opera chorus from all cultures in South Africa. This set a dramatic change in the demand to introduce opera to a wider circle of the public. The opera repertoire presented at [[PACT]] was performed in five languages and spanned the operatic literature from Mozart to contemporary works. Contemporary works included operas by Janacek and Britten, operas by South African composers such as [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]] and [[Roelof Temmingh]], as well as musical comedies and operettas.
 [[PACT Opera]] was transformed into the [[State Theatre Opera Company]] in 1996.

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 ==History==
-Established in 1963, and housed at the [[Civic Theatre]] in Johannesburg which opened in 1962. Productions were staged here and at the [[Aula Theatre]] at the [[University of Pretoria]]. Initially, [[PACT]] had no permanent opera company and the Transvaal (as it was then known) had no opera school to provide trained singers. Because [[PACT]] could not offer professional careers to local singers, they lost local talent to countries abroad.
+Established in 1963, and housed at the [[Civic Theatre]] in Johannesburg which opened in 1962. During the first twenty years of its existence, PACT produced an average of four operas every year, performing predominantly Italian repertoire, including operas by Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti. Productions were staged here and at the [[Aula Theatre]] at the [[University of Pretoria]]. Initially, [[PACT]] had no permanent opera company and the Transvaal (as it was then known) had no opera school to provide trained singers. Because [[PACT]] could not offer professional careers to local singers, they lost local talent to countries abroad.
 Since [[PACT]]'s inception in 1963, efforts were initiated to create an awareness of opera at schools and in smaller communities. [[PACT]] visited schools and communities with smaller scale productions, sponsored by the Department of Education in Transvaal.

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 In 1982, [[PACT Opera]] introduced the first international singer of colour, namely the American soprano, Martina Arroyo, in the leading role in ''[[Aida]]'' by Verdi with a supported opera chorus from all cultures in South Africa. This set a dramatic change in the demand to introduce opera to a wider circle of the public. The opera repertoire presented at [[PACT]] was performed in five languages and spanned the operatic literature from Mozart to contemporary works. Contemporary works included operas by Janacek and Britten, operas by South African composers such as Hofmeyr and Temmingh, as well as musical comedies and operettas.
-[[PACT Opera]] was transformed into the [[State Theatre Company]] in 1996.
+[[PACT Opera]] was transformed into the [[State Theatre Opera Company]] in 1996.
 ==Staff==

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	1979: ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''		1979: ''[[Simon boccanegra]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]''; ''[[Jenůfa]]''; ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
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		+	1981: ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[La traviata]]'', ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'', ''[[I Pagliacci]]''
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		+	1982: ''[[Aida]]''