Bastien und Bastienne
Bastien und Bastienne is a one-act singspiel, a comic opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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The original text
Bastien und Bastienne was one of Mozart's earliest operas, written in 1768 when he was only twelve years old.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into isiZulu, and re-titled Themba no Thembile, by David Smith.
Performance history of the opera in South Africa
Sources
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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