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| − | [[The Lyric Opera Company]] was a professional opera company, led by messrs [[Arturo Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]]. | + | #REDIRECT [[The Lyric Opera Company]] |
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| − | Also known simply as '''[[The Lyric Company]]'''.
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| − | It was apparently a large company, and its members of the company included Miss [[Leonara Braham]] (from the London Savoy Theatre) and [[Grant Fallowes]], and it appears in 1894-5 also [[Ancarina Massimimi]]. The company toured South Africa in 1893-5, 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 their period in the country 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), ''[[La Gioconda]]'' (Ponchielli) and ''[[Ernani]]'' (Verdi).
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| − | Other works performed by them included ''[[La Cigale]]'' (Meilhac and Halevy), ''[[The Old Guard]]'' (Boucicault)., ''[[La Mascotte]]'' (Audran, Duru and Chivot ), ''[[Maritana]]'' (), ''[[Haddon Hall]]'' (Grundy and Sullivan), ''[[Rip van Winkle]]'', ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[The Mikado]]'' and ''[[Princess Ida]]''.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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.203-205
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| − | [[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg
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