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==History== | ==History== | ||
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1977: ''[[Rigoletto]]'' | 1977: ''[[Rigoletto]]'' | ||
| − | 1978: ''[[Nabucco]]''; ''[[Don Pasquale]]''; ''[[Amahl and the Night | + | 1978: ''[[Nabucco]]''; ''[[Don Pasquale]]''; ''[[Amahl and the Night Visitors]]'' |
1979: ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' | 1979: ''[[La traviata]]''; ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' | ||
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| + | 1987: ''[[Der Fliegende Holländer]]'' (for the opening of the [[Playhouse Theatre]]) | ||
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[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | [[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | ||
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| + | Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. [[Acta Academica]] Supplementum. 2012(1). | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 21 July 2024
NAPAC Opera was formed as one of the principal arts segments of the Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC).
History
Established in 1963.
Staff
James Conrad was appointed as NAPAC’s Opera director in 1963.
Productions
Operas
1964: Madama Butterfly; The Tales of Hoffmann; The Merry Widow; Cavalleria rusticana
1965: Otello; Cavalleria rusticana; The Marriage of Figaro; Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride); The Tales of Hoffmann; Nabucco; Aida
1966: The Gypsy Baron; La serva padrona; The Medium; The Marriage of Figaro
1967: Chanticleer; The Magic Flute; La traviata; The Dream of Gerontius
1968: The Magic Flute; Tosca; The Consul; The Cooper
1969: Norma; La traviata; Il seraglio; The Barber of Seville
1970: Orfeo ed Euridice; Norma; Fidelio; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Barber of Seville
1971: Lucia di Lammermoor; La bohème; Die Fledermaus; Così fan tutte
1972: Carmen; Cavalleria rusticana/I pagliacci; Susanna’s Secret
1973: Lucia di Lammermoor; Madama Butterfly; Rita; Tosca; La bohème
1974: Andrea Chénier; Carmen; Figaro; Ariadne auf Naxos; Die Fledermaus
1975: Andrea Chénier; Turandot; Il trovatore
1976: Madama Butterfly; Faust; Il seraglio; Aida
1977: Rigoletto
1978: Nabucco; Don Pasquale; Amahl and the Night Visitors
1979: La traviata; The Merry Widow
1987: Der Fliegende Holländer (for the opening of the Playhouse Theatre)
For more information, see Natal Performing Arts Council
For an overview on opera in South Africa, see Opera
Sources
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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