Sister Angelica - Revision history

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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (16–21 April)
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]], with the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Jeremy Silver]]. The production featured [[Nobulumko Mngxekeza]] in the title role with an all-women cast that includes [[Minette du Toit-Pearce]] as The Princess Aunt, [[Siphamandla Moyake]] as Sister Genevieve and CTO’s Judith Neilson Young Artists [[Asisipho Petu]] as The Mother Abbess and [[Julia Portela Piñón]] as The Monitor. The Cape Town Opera Chorus was directed by [[Marvin Kernelle]] and the Cape Town Opera Children’s Chorus by [[Antoinette Huysse]]n.
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]], with the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Jeremy Silver]], with lighting design by [[Faheem Bardien]], movement direction by [[Fiona du Plooy]] and set and costume design by [[Allegra Bernacchioni]]. The production featured [[Nobulumko Mngxekeza]] in the title role with an all-women cast that includes [[Minette du Toit-Pearce]] as The Princess Aunt, [[Siphamandla Moyake]] as Sister Genevieve and CTO’s Judith Neilson Young Artists [[Asisipho Petu]] as The Mother Abbess and [[Julia Portela Piñón]] as The Monitor. The Cape Town Opera Chorus was directed by [[Marvin Kernelle]] and the Cape Town Opera Children’s Chorus by [[Antoinette Huysse]]n.
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 : Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (16–21 April)
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]],
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]], with the [[Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Jeremy Silver]]. The production featured [[Nobulumko Mngxekeza]] in the title role with an all-women cast that includes [[Minette du Toit-Pearce]] as The Princess Aunt, [[Siphamandla Moyake]] as Sister Genevieve and CTO’s Judith Neilson Young Artists [[Asisipho Petu]] as The Mother Abbess and [[Julia Portela Piñón]] as The Monitor. The Cape Town Opera Chorus was directed by [[Marvin Kernelle]] and the Cape Town Opera Children’s Chorus by [[Antoinette Huysse]]n.
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 [[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	2011: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (16–21 April)		2011: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (16–21 April)
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		+	2024: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in a double bill with ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' (14–17 February), directed by [[Magdalene Minnaar]],

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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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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		+	[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented by the [[South African College of Music]].
+: Presented by the [[South African College of Music]], at the [[Little Theatre]], produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]], with [[Nellie du Toit]] alternating with [[Désirée Talbot]].
 : Performed by the [[University of Cape Town]], arranged by Dr [[Erik Chisholm]] (Musical Director), [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Production), [[Cecil Pym]] (Stage Setting), and [[Phyllis Brodie]] (Stage Manager). Starring: [[Nellie du Toit]] alternating with [[Hilda du Toit]] (Sister Angelica), [[Noreen Berry]] (the Princess), [[Isolde Traut]] (The Abbess), [[Joyce Noad]] (Sister Genoveva), [[Alicia Slater]] (The Mistress of the Novices), [[Patricai Moore]] (The Nursing Sister), [[Cynthia Coller]] and [[Patricia Moore]] (The Two Lay Sisters), [[Rosemary Brookes]] (A Novice), [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Sister Dolcini), [[Gitel Lazarus]] (Sister Osmina), and [[R Brooks]], [[E Lazarus]], [[G Lazarus]], [[C Sweet]], [[S Garvin]] (as Nuns).

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1951: Presented by the [[South African College of Music]].

	1952: Performed by the [[University of Cape Town]], arranged by Dr [[Erik Chisholm]] (Musical Director), [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Production), [[Cecil Pym]] (Stage Setting), and [[Phyllis Brodie]] (Stage Manager). Starring: [[Nellie du Toit]] alternating with [[Hilda du Toit]] (Sister Angelica), [[Noreen Berry]] (the Princess), [[Isolde Traut]] (The Abbess), [[Joyce Noad]] (Sister Genoveva), [[Alicia Slater]] (The Mistress of the Novices), [[Patricai Moore]] (The Nursing Sister), [[Cynthia Coller]] and [[Patricia Moore]] (The Two Lay Sisters), [[Rosemary Brookes]] (A Novice), [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Sister Dolcini), [[Gitel Lazarus]] (Sister Osmina), and [[R Brooks]], [[E Lazarus]], [[G Lazarus]], [[C Sweet]], [[S Garvin]] (as Nuns).		1952: Performed by the [[University of Cape Town]], arranged by Dr [[Erik Chisholm]] (Musical Director), [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] (Production), [[Cecil Pym]] (Stage Setting), and [[Phyllis Brodie]] (Stage Manager). Starring: [[Nellie du Toit]] alternating with [[Hilda du Toit]] (Sister Angelica), [[Noreen Berry]] (the Princess), [[Isolde Traut]] (The Abbess), [[Joyce Noad]] (Sister Genoveva), [[Alicia Slater]] (The Mistress of the Novices), [[Patricai Moore]] (The Nursing Sister), [[Cynthia Coller]] and [[Patricia Moore]] (The Two Lay Sisters), [[Rosemary Brookes]] (A Novice), [[Jeanette Schatz]] (Sister Dolcini), [[Gitel Lazarus]] (Sister Osmina), and [[R Brooks]], [[E Lazarus]], [[G Lazarus]], [[C Sweet]], [[S Garvin]] (as Nuns).

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−	''[[Sister Angelica]]'' is a one-act opera by Gioachino Forzano with music by Giacomo Puccini.	+	''[[Sister Angelica]]'' (''[[Suor Angelica]]'') is a one-act opera by Gioachino Forzano with music by Giacomo Puccini.

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-''[[Svor Angelica]]'' is one of the three one-act operas which form Puccini's triptych (''[[Il Tabarro]]'' and ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' being the others) which, together with ''[[Turandot]]'' are considered by many critics to be Puccini's greatest works.
+''[[Suor Angelica]]'' is one of the three one-act operas which form Puccini's triptych (''[[Il Tabarro]]'' and ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' being the others) which, together with ''[[Turandot]]'' are considered by many critics to be Puccini's greatest works.
 The opera is set in a convent, which Sister Angelica, daughter of a Florentine noble, was forced to enter seven years previously by her family after she had a youthful love affair. The nuns were going about their usual business and Sister Genoveva was singing about the "miracle" which happens every year when, just before sunset, the sun's rays shine on a fountain in the convent's courtyard. As the time nears for the annual recurrence of this event, the tranquil existence of the nuns' lives is disturbed. Firstly, one of them is stung by a bee and then, rather more significantly, when the convent bell announces the arrival of a visitor. It turns out to be Sister Angelina's aunt, the Princess. She has come for her niece to sign a legal document necessary for the marriage of a younger sister.