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The [[Pretoria Opera Group]]

==Purpose==

==Productions==

The [[Pretoria Opera Group]] performed opera alternatively in Afrikaans and English translation.

== 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 : ''[[I pagliacci]]''
-: ''[[Die nuwe Dominee]]''
+: ''[[Die Nuwe Dominee]]''
 : ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' (in English); ''[[Lilac Time]]''

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		+	Founded in 1956 by baritone [[Louis Knobel]], tenor [[Albrecht Lewald]] and conductor [[Peter Rorke]].

	In Pretoria, the interest in opera blossomed as an increasing number of professional singers found themselves in the city. The Pretoriase Operagroep (Pretoria Opera Group), which worked with the amateurs of the [[Pretoria Operatic and Dramatic Society]], staged a number of operas, also Afrikaans operas, and were able to import singers – including South Africans singing abroad – for the 1960 [[Union Festival]]. For them, local training of young singers had also become essential, and the group formed what was called the [[Opera Workshop]]. The purpose of the workshop was to train young singers and provide practical stage experience.		In Pretoria, the interest in opera blossomed as an increasing number of professional singers found themselves in the city. The Pretoriase Operagroep (Pretoria Opera Group), which worked with the amateurs of the [[Pretoria Operatic and Dramatic Society]], staged a number of operas, also Afrikaans operas, and were able to import singers – including South Africans singing abroad – for the 1960 [[Union Festival]]. For them, local training of young singers had also become essential, and the group formed what was called the [[Opera Workshop]]. The purpose of the workshop was to train young singers and provide practical stage experience.

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 : ''[[Carmen]]''
-: ''[[Der Wildschütz]]'' (in Afrikaans as Die Wilddief)
+: ''[[Der Wildschütz]]'' (in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Wilddief]]'')
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 : ''[[Die nuwe Dominee]]''
-: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' (in English); Lilac Time
+: ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' (in English); ''[[Lilac Time]]''
 : ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''

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 ==History==
-In Pretoria, the interest in opera also blossomed as an increasing number of professional singers found themselves in the city. The Pretoriase Operagroep (Pretoria Opera Group), which worked with the amateurs of the [[Pretoria Operatic and Dramatic Society]], staged a number of operas, also Afrikaans operas, and were able to import singers – including South Africans singing abroad – for the 1960 [[Union Festival]]. For them, local training of young singers had also become essential, and the group formed what was called the [[Opera Workshop]]. The purpose of the workshop was to train young singers and provide practical stage experience.
+In Pretoria, the interest in opera blossomed as an increasing number of professional singers found themselves in the city. The Pretoriase Operagroep (Pretoria Opera Group), which worked with the amateurs of the [[Pretoria Operatic and Dramatic Society]], staged a number of operas, also Afrikaans operas, and were able to import singers – including South Africans singing abroad – for the 1960 [[Union Festival]]. For them, local training of young singers had also become essential, and the group formed what was called the [[Opera Workshop]]. The purpose of the workshop was to train young singers and provide practical stage experience.
 ==Productions==

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 The Pretoria Opera Group performed mostly nineteenth-century operas such as Leoncavallo’s ''[[I pagliacci]]'', Puccini’s ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', Donizetti’s ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', as well as Bizet’s ''[[Carmen]]''. The group performed these operas alternatively in Afrikaans and English.
 == 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.
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