University of Cape Town Opera School - Revision history

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	2000: ''[[Amarantha]]'' with [[Cape Town Opera]]		2000: ''[[Amarantha]]'' with [[Cape Town Opera]]
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		+	2026: ''[[Don Giovanni]]''

	'''For earlier productions, see [[South African College of Music]] and [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''		'''For earlier productions, see [[South African College of Music]] and [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''

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	1985: ''[[Xerxes]]''		1985: ''[[Xerxes]]''
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		+	2000: ''[[Amarantha]]'' with [[Cape Town Opera]]

	'''For earlier productions, see [[South African College of Music]] and [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''		'''For earlier productions, see [[South African College of Music]] and [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''

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 ==Staff==
-The Italian [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] was the first director (1952-1980). [[Angelo Gobbato]] was also director until his retirement, when the first non-Italian, the American conductor [[Kamal Khan]], took over. Khan left the Opera School in 2016.
+The Italian [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]] was the first director (1952-1980). [[Angelo Gobbato]] was also director until his retirement in 2009, when the first non-Italian, the American conductor [[Kamal Khan]], took over. Khan left the Opera School in 2016.
 ==Purpose==

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 ==Productions==
-Early productions of opera were staged by the [[South African College of Music]] and, (from 1951), the [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]]. For productions presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in the 1970s, the billing [[UCT Opera School]] was used. These productions included:
+Early productions of opera (from 1929) were staged by the [[South African College of Music]] and (from 1951) the [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]]. For productions presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in the 1970s, the billing [[UCT Opera School]] was used. These productions included:
 : ''[[Dialogue of the Carmelites]]''

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 : ''[[Xerxes]]''
-'''For earlier productions, see [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''
+'''For earlier productions, see [[South African College of Music]] and [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]].'''
 == Sources ==

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	The [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]] was associated to the Opera School.		The [[University of Cape Town Opera Company]] was associated to the Opera School.
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		+	The Opera School has always provided [[CAPAB]] and later [[Cape Town Opera]] with a steady stream of singers, providing employment and exposure for singers.

	==Productions==		==Productions==

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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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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].

	== For more information ==		== For more information ==

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 : ''[[Dialogue of the Carmelites]]''
-: ''[[Albert Herring]]'', ''[[The Bear]]''
+: ''[[Albert Herring]]'', ''[[The Bear]]'', ''[[Three's Company]]''
 : ''[[La Boheme]]''