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| − | Lyric Opera Company (also known simply as '''[[The Lyric Company]]''') was a professional opera company, led by messrs [[A. Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]].
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| − | Members of the company included Miss [[Leonara Braham]] (from the London Savoy Theatre) and [[Grant Fallowes]]. The company toured South Africa, giving performances of excellent standard.
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| − | They performed the opera ''[[Dorothy]]'' (Stephenson and Cellier) at the opening of the [[Cape Town Opera House]], 31 August 1893, and would over the following years put on such standard operatic works as ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' (Beaumarchais/Rossini), ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi) and ''[[Ernani]]'' (Verdi).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[Jill Fletcher]], 1994
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| − | == For more information ==
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
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