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He brought various acts to Cape Town , [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) recording the following events put on in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under his auspices in 1894-5: | He brought various acts to Cape Town , [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) recording the following events put on in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under his auspices in 1894-5: | ||
| − | British actress [[Jennie Lee]] ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Lee_(British_actress)]doing her impression of "Jo" from Dickens's ''[[Bleak House]]'' in the melodrama ''[[Jo]]'' (by John Pringle Burnett); | + | British actress [[Jennie Lee]] ((c. 1854–1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Lee_(British_actress)]doing her impression of "Jo" from Dickens's ''[[Bleak House]]'' in the melodrama ''[[Jo]]'' (by John Pringle Burnett); |
Madame [[Ancarina Massimimi]] and her Italian Opera Company in a season that included ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[Barber of Seville]]'', ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi), and ''[[Ernani]]''(Verdi). | Madame [[Ancarina Massimimi]] and her Italian Opera Company in a season that included ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'' (Rossini), ''[[Barber of Seville]]'', ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi), and ''[[Ernani]]''(Verdi). | ||
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Mr. Bonamici (fl. 1890's) was an impresario active in Cape Town for a while.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He brought various acts to Cape Town , D.C. Boonzaier (1923) recording the following events put on in the Opera House, Cape Town, under his auspices in 1894-5:
British actress Jennie Lee ((c. 1854–1930)[1]doing her impression of "Jo" from Dickens's Bleak House in the melodrama Jo (by John Pringle Burnett);
Madame Ancarina Massimimi and her Italian Opera Company in a season that included Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), La Favorita (Donizetti), Cavalleria Rusticana (Rossini), Barber of Seville, Carmen (Bizet), Rigoletto (Verdi), Gioconda (Verdi), and Ernani(Verdi).
The British tenor Sims Reeves in concert.
Sources
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 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 400, 401, 404.
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