The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship - Revision history

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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Sources

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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Performance history of the opera in South Africa

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The opera by Wagner

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Stage adaptations of the original myth

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	2011: Presented at the [[Suidoosterfees]] (25–30 January)		2011: Presented at the [[Suidoosterfees]] (25–30 January)
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		+	2017: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] (17-26 August)

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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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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]].		[[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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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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		+	Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. [[Acta Academica]] Supplementum. 2012(1).

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

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	1986: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (29 March – 12 April)		1986: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (29 March – 12 April)
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		+	1987: Presented by [[NAPAC Opera]], produced by [[James Conrad]], for the opening of the [[Natal Playhouse]].

	1993: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (1–9 May)		1993: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (1–9 May)

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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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	== Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==		== Performance history of the opera in South Africa ==
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		+	1976: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]]
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	1986: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (29 March – 12 April)		1986: Presented by [[CAPAB Opera]] (29 March – 12 April)

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 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 69-72, 134, 141, 211, 214.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Stage adaptations of the original myth==
-There have been numerous other literary and artistic versions of the tale, but the best known  '''stage''' version, besides Fitzball's English melodrama, has been ''[[Der Fliegende Holländer]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman_(opera)]  ("The Flying Dutchman"), the 1843 German opera by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner#Operas].  Wagner's version introduced the idea of redemption through love as central theme and Wagner himself conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hoftheater in Dresden in 1843.
+There have been numerous other literary and artistic versions of the tale, but the best known  '''stage''' version, besides Fitzball's English melodrama, has been ''[[Der Fliegende Holländer]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman_(opera)]  ("The Flying Dutchman"), the 1843 German opera by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner#Operas].
 In 1842 Pierre-Louis Dietsch (1808-1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Louis_Dietsch] also composed a French opera called ''[[Le Vaisseau Fantôme, ou Le Maudit des Mers]]''[] ("The Phantom Ship, or The Accursed of the Sea"), with a libretto by Paul Foucher and H. Révoil, based on Walter Scott's novel ''The Pirate'' as well as Captain Marryat's ''The Phantom Ship''. The opera was first performed on 9 November 1842 at the Paris Opera.

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-''[[The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship]]'' refers to two works: a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], with music by George Rodwell and also to the opera by German composer Richard Wagner.
+''[[The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship]]'' is a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], with music by George Rodwell.
-Mostly referred to simply as '''''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'''''.
+Mostly referred to simply as '''''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'''''. This is also the English title of German composer Richard Wagner's opera, ''[[Der Fliegende Holländer]]''.
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−	''[[The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship]]'' is a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], with music by George Rodwell.	+	''[[The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship]]'' refers to two works: a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], with music by George Rodwell and also to the opera by German composer Richard Wagner.

	Mostly referred to simply as '''''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'''''.		Mostly referred to simply as '''''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'''''.