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''[[Sacred Bones]]'' is a one-act opera composed by [[Roelof Temmingh]] (1946–2012) with a libretto by [[Michael Williams]].

==The original text==

Set in the African bush, ''[[Sacred Bones]]'' is a passionate meditation on love and be-trayal.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1997: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June), directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]

== 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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	[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]]. Choreography by [[David Krugel]].
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrel]].
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]
+: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (14–28 June) at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] and at the [[National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]]. Performed by [[John Eagar]], [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]], baritones; [[Gordon Christie]], tenor; [[Isabelle van Zyl]], mezzo-soprano; [[Marita Napier]], soprano with [[David Tidboald]], conductor and members of the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]]. Set design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrel]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-Set in the African bush, ''[[Sacred Bones]]'' is a passionate meditation on love and betrayal.
+Set in the African bush, ''[[Sacred Bones]]'' is a passionate meditation on love and betrayal.The libretto revolves around a palaeontological expedition group that visits a female farmer who had been raped and whose husband had been killed during a farm attack.
 ==Translations and adaptations==