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#REDIRECT[[Henry Harper]]
 
 
See also the [[Miranda-Harper Company]].
 
 
 
==[[Harper-Leffler-Hayes Company]]==
 
 
 
== The [[Harper-Leffler Opera Company]] ==
 
 
 
[[Henry Harper]], miss [[Annette Hirst]] and [[Mrs J.H. Leffler]] from the Royal Opera House, London performed six concerts of opera selections in the [[Commercial Exchange]] and the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town from 5 August - 9 September 1868. They also performed in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth, and were sometimes billed as the [[[[Harper-Leffler-Hirst Company]].  They were not the first to perform opera in SA, but the first opera company to do so for an entire season.
 
 
 
==The [[Miranda-Harper Company]]==
 
 
 
From December 1868 to January 1869 the [[Harper-Leffler Company]] was back for a new season, now with the addition of [[David Miranda]] (the husband of Miss Hirst ), hence the company became known as the '''[[Miranda-Harper Company]]'''. New concerts were performed during August 1869.
 
 
 
Their repertoire for the 1869 season included performances of ''[[La Somnambula]]'' (Belini), ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' (Balfe), ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' (Verdi),
 
 
 
== The [[Harper-Leffler Repertory Company]], Kimberley ==
 
 
 
According to Du Toit (1988), a '''Harper-Leffler Company''' also performed as permanent ‘repertory’ company, and was active in Kimberley during the 1890s.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Bosman, 1980: 248 – 249; Du Toit, 1988
 
 
 
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