Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu - Revision history

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	[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].		[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].
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		+	Margaret von Klemperer. 'Opera in Africa'. ''[[News24]]''. 17 May 2001.

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

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 ==Performance history in South Africa==
-: First performed in Durban at the [[Playhouse]]. Directed by [[Themi Venturas]]. Conducted by [[Gerhard Geist]]. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]]. With [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[Mhlonishwa Dlamini]], [[Linda Bukhosini]], [[Joyce Moholoagae]], [[Ntombintathu Mfeka]], [[Nomthandazo Mkize]], [[Bongani Vilakazi]], [[William Silk]], [[Themba Msimang]], [[Bongani Tembe]], [[Siphiwe Blose]].
+: First performed in Durban at the [[Playhouse]]. Directed by [[Themi Venturas]]. Conducted by [[Gerhard Geist]]. Chorus master [[Hein de Villiers]]. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]]. With [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[Mhlonishwa Dlamini]], [[Linda Bukhosini]], [[Joyce Moholoagae]], [[Ntombintathu Mfeka]], [[Nomthandazo Mkize]], [[Bongani Vilakazi]], [[William Silk]], [[Themba Msimang]], [[Bongani Tembe]], [[Siphiwe Blose]].
 : Performed by the African Renaissance Opera at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]].

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 : First performed in Durban at the [[Playhouse]]. Directed by [[Themi Venturas]]. Conducted by [[Gerhard Geist]]. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]]. With [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[Mhlonishwa Dlamini]], [[Linda Bukhosini]], [[Joyce Moholoagae]], [[Ntombintathu Mfeka]], [[Nomthandazo Mkize]], [[Bongani Vilakazi]], [[William Silk]], [[Themba Msimang]], [[Bongani Tembe]], [[Siphiwe Blose]].
-: Performed by the African Renaissance Opera in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]].
+: Performed by the African Renaissance Opera at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]].
 : Presented at [[Spier]] (24–26 February)

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	Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and [[Imbongi]] [[Magogo kaDinuzulu]]. Commissioned by [[Opera Africa]] in Durban.		Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and [[Imbongi]] [[Magogo kaDinuzulu]]. Commissioned by [[Opera Africa]] in Durban.
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		+	The opera is to a large extent a reflection of historical events: Constance Mago go kaDinuzulu (1900-1984), daughter of King Dinuzulu (direct lineage of Shaka), and mother of South Africa's former home affairs minister and Zulu chief, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, was a gifted musician and teacher who played an important role in saving the cultural heritage of the Zulu nation when the British tried to annihilate it. Even though Magogo enjoyed a long life, reaching the age of eighty-four, the opera deals only with the first twenty-three years, presented as flashbacks from her deathbed.

	==Performance history in South Africa==		==Performance history in South Africa==

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	[[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.		[[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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		+	[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].

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

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-''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' is a South African opera, with music by [[Mzilikazi Khumalo]] and a libretto by [[Themba Msimang]].
+''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' is a South African opera, with music by [[Mzilikazi Khumalo]] and a libretto by [[Themba Msimang]]. Orchestration, arrangements and additional music by [[Michael Hankinson]].
 More often referred to simply as '''''[[Princess Magogo]]'''''.
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 ==Performance history in South Africa==
-: First performed in Durban, and later performed by the African Renaissance Opera in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs in both cases were by [[Andrew Verster]].
+: First performed in Durban at the [[Playhouse]]. Directed by [[Themi Venturas]]. Conducted by [[Gerhard Geist]]. Set and costume designs by [[Andrew Verster]]. With [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], [[Mhlonishwa Dlamini]], [[Linda Bukhosini]], [[Joyce Moholoagae]], [[Ntombintathu Mfeka]], [[Nomthandazo Mkize]], [[Bongani Vilakazi]], [[William Silk]], [[Themba Msimang]], [[Bongani Tembe]], [[Siphiwe Blose]].
 : Presented at [[Spier]] (24–26 February)

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 ==The original text==
-Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and [[Imbongi]] [[Magogo kaDinuzulu]].
+Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and [[Imbongi]] [[Magogo kaDinuzulu]]. Commissioned by [[Opera Africa]] in Durban.
 ==Performance history in South Africa==

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	==Performance history in South Africa==		==Performance history in South Africa==
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	2006: Presented at [[Spier]] (24–26 February)		2006: Presented at [[Spier]] (24–26 February)

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 Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and [[Imbongi]] [[Magogo kaDinuzulu]], the opera was first performed in Durban in 2002, and later performed by the African Renaissance Opera in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs in both cases were by [[Andrew Verster]].
 == Sources ==
 https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/arts/opera-review-varied-cultures-entwine-around-a-zulu-princess.html
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]