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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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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[[Sjoerd Alkema]]. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". [[University of Cape Town]]. Unpublished PhD thesis.
  
 
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La serva padrona ("The Servant Turned Mistress") [1] is a 1733 opera buffa by Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 – 1736) [2].


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1952: Staged by the University of Cape Town Opera Company on tour across the Western and Eastern Cape.

1962: Presented at the Parow Civic Theatre, conducted by Geoffrey Miller (November)

2008: It was staged in Cape Town in 2008, directed by Lara Bye.

Sources

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.

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