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''[[Poet and Prophetess]]'' is an opera with music by Mats Larsson Gothe and libretto by [[Michael Williams]] (1962-)

Adapted as a one-act opera (Act 3 of the original opera) with the title ''[[African Prophetess]]''.

==The original text==
Inspired by the story of the Xhosa prophetess, [[Nongqawuse]] and the cattle killings that took place in the 1850’s in the Eastern Cape.

First performed in 2008 at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

2008: Commisioneed and co-produced by NorlandOperan in Sweden (first performed 29 March 2008) and [[Cape Town Opera]] in Cape Town (30 October – 8 November), directed by Matthew Richardson, conducted by Jonas Alber. With Göran Eliasson, [[Phi-lisa Sibeko]], Elisabet Strid, Thomas Lander, Lars Martinsson, Kosma Ranuer, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Johansson, [[Rouel Beukes]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Xolela Sixaba]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Aubrey Lodewyk]].
Dancers: [[Bruno Wani]], [[Owen Manamela]], [[Nosiphiwo Samente]]. Extras: Augustin Øigaard Nelson, Emil Engdahl Badjie, Kjell Oscarsson, Moa Daimar, Viktor Lockner, Oscar Selander.

2016: A concert version performed as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm.

== Sources ==

[[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

"Operan Poet and prophetess, i samarbete med Cape Town Opera". ''Norrlandsoperan''. https://norrlandsoperan.se/norrlandsoperans-symfoniorkester/bestallningsverk-uruppforanden/

"Background". [[Cape Town Opera]] website. https://capetownopera.co.za/touring-production/african-prophetess/

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 ''[[Poet and Prophetess]]'' is an opera with music by Mats Larsson Gothe and libretto by [[Michael Williams]] (1962-)
 ==The original text==
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Commissioned and co-produced by NorlandOperan in Sweden (first performed 29 March 2008) and [[Cape Town Opera]] in Cape Town (30 October – 8 November), directed by Matthew Richardson, conducted by Jonas Alber. With Göran Eliasson, [[Phi-lisa Sibeko]], Elisabet Strid, Thomas Lander, Lars Martinsson, Kosma Ranuer, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Johansson, [[Rouel Beukes]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Xolela Sixaba]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Aubrey Lodewyk]], [[Ronald Theys]]. Dancers: [[Bruno Wani]], [[Owen Manamela]], [[Nosiphiwo Samente]]. Extras: Augustin Øigaard Nelson, Emil Engdahl Badjie, Kjell Oscarsson, Moa Daimar, Viktor Lockner, Oscar Selander. Choreography by Robie Lindström and [[Sibonakaliso Ndaba]].
-: A concert version performed as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm, with [[Siphamandla Yakupa]] and [[Mandisinde Mbuyazwe]].
+: A concert version performed by [[Cape Town Opera]] as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm, with [[Siphamandla Yakupa]] and [[Mandisinde Mbuyazwe]].
 == Sources ==
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 https://www.operabase.com/productions/poet-and-prophetess-42388/en
 == Return to ==

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 : Commissioned and co-produced by NorlandOperan in Sweden (first performed 29 March 2008) and [[Cape Town Opera]] in Cape Town (30 October – 8 November), directed by Matthew Richardson, conducted by Jonas Alber. With Göran Eliasson, [[Phi-lisa Sibeko]], Elisabet Strid, Thomas Lander, Lars Martinsson, Kosma Ranuer, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Johansson, [[Rouel Beukes]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Xolela Sixaba]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Aubrey Lodewyk]], [[Ronald Theys]]. Dancers: [[Bruno Wani]], [[Owen Manamela]], [[Nosiphiwo Samente]]. Extras: Augustin Øigaard Nelson, Emil Engdahl Badjie, Kjell Oscarsson, Moa Daimar, Viktor Lockner, Oscar Selander. Choreography by Robie Lindström and [[Sibonakaliso Ndaba]].
-: A concert version performed as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm.
+: A concert version performed as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm, with [[Siphamandla Yakupa]] and [[Mandisinde Mbuyazwe]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Commissioned and co-produced by NorlandOperan in Sweden (first performed 29 March 2008) and [[Cape Town Opera]] in Cape Town (30 October – 8 November), directed by Matthew Richardson, conducted by Jonas Alber. With Göran Eliasson, [[Phi-lisa Sibeko]], Elisabet Strid, Thomas Lander, Lars Martinsson, Kosma Ranuer, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Johansson, [[Rouel Beukes]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Xolela Sixaba]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Aubrey Lodewyk]].
+: Commissioned and co-produced by NorlandOperan in Sweden (first performed 29 March 2008) and [[Cape Town Opera]] in Cape Town (30 October – 8 November), directed by Matthew Richardson, conducted by Jonas Alber. With Göran Eliasson, [[Phi-lisa Sibeko]], Elisabet Strid, Thomas Lander, Lars Martinsson, Kosma Ranuer, Stefan Dahlberg, Anna Johansson, [[Rouel Beukes]], [[Miranda Tini]], [[Xolela Sixaba]], [[Richard Mbovane]], [[Aubrey Lodewyk]], [[Ronald Theys]]. Dancers: [[Bruno Wani]], [[Owen Manamela]], [[Nosiphiwo Samente]]. Extras: Augustin Øigaard Nelson, Emil Engdahl Badjie, Kjell Oscarsson, Moa Daimar, Viktor Lockner, Oscar Selander. Choreography by Robie Lindström and [[Sibonakaliso Ndaba]].
 : A concert version performed as ''[[African Prophetess]]'' at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden and Stockholms kulturhuset in Stockholm.

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 ==The original text==
-Inspired by the story of the Xhosa prophetess, [[Nongqawuse]] and the cattle killings that took place in the 1850’s in the Eastern Cape.
+Inspired by the story of the Xhosa prophetess, [[Nongqawuse]] and the cattle killings that took place in the 1850’s in the Eastern Cape. Its story combines two real-life figures in Swedish and Xhosa history. The story revolves around a fictitious meeting between the 19-year-old Swedish poet Bengt Lidner and the Xhosa prophetess Nongqawuse (renamed Jula, a slave girl) on board the vessel Terra Nova sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
 First performed in 2008 at Norrlandsoperan in Sweden.