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''[[The Diary of One Who Vanished]]'' is a song cycle by Leoš Janáček and Ozef Kalda in an English version by Seamus Heaney.

==The original text==

This unconventional song cycle tells the story of a naive young villager who falls desperately in love with a wild gypsy girl and leaves the life he knows to follow her.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

2025: Presented in a double bill with ''[[Frauenliebe und Leben]]'' by [[Cape Town Opera]] at the [[Wave Theatre]] as part of [[Cape Town Opera Shorts: a Festival of Short Operas!]]. Directed by [[Christine Crouse]], musical direction by [[Jeremy Silver]], starring [[Vuyisa Xipu]] and [[Nica Reinke]], with production design by [[Allegra Bernacchioni]], video design by [[Kirsti Cumming]], lighting design by [[Luke Ellenbogen]].

== Sources ==

https://capetownopera.co.za/shorts-opera-festival/

https://humanities.uct.ac.za/college-music/events/shorts-festival-pocket-operas

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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