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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1890: Performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town in January by an opera company managed and directed by [[Edgar Perkins]]. The company included [[R.S.V. Gregg]], [[E. le Hay]], [[Dennis Coyne]], [[Frank Wheeler]], [[Harry Miller]], [[Ada Bemister]], [[Carrie Nelson]], [[Harriet Wood]], and [[Ella Bankhardt]]. Musical direction was by [[James Hyde]]. | + | 1890: Performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, in January by an opera company managed and directed by [[Edgar Perkins]]. The company included [[R.S.V. Gregg]], [[E. le Hay]], [[Dennis Coyne]], [[Frank Wheeler]], [[Harry Miller]], [[Ada Bemister]], [[Carrie Nelson]], [[Harriet Wood]], and [[Ella Bankhardt]]. Musical direction was by [[James Hyde]]. |
| − | 1893: Performed as the opening production in the new [[Opera House]], Cape Town on 31 August by the [[Lyric Company]] under the management of [[A. Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]] and directed by [[Duncan Young]], with [[Leonora Braham]] of the Savoy, London, in the lead. The rest of the company consisted of [[A. Gourlay]], [[R.S.V. Gregg]], [[H.T. Davies]], [[Fred Coyne]], [[F.N. Carter]], [[W. Roe]], [[Sophie Harris]], [[Katie Herbert]] and [[Trixie Gilfillian]]. Scenery was by [[Mr Maltby]], [[Mr Ryan]] and [[Mr Thorne]]. | + | 1893: Performed as the opening production in the new [[Opera House]], Cape Town, on 31 August by the [[Lyric Company]] under the management of [[A. Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]] and directed by [[Duncan Young]], with [[Leonora Braham]] of the Savoy, London, in the lead. The rest of the company consisted of [[A. Gourlay]], [[R.S.V. Gregg]], [[H.T. Davies]], [[Fred Coyne]], [[F.N. Carter]], [[W. Roe]], [[Sophie Harris]], [[Katie Herbert]] and [[Trixie Gilfillian]]. Scenery was by [[Mr Maltby]], [[Mr Ryan]] and [[Mr Thorne]]. |
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| + | 1902: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in January by the [[Mouillot-De Jong]] opera company as part of their new season. The company included [[Frank Celli]], [[John le Hay]] and [[Katie Seymour]]. | ||
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Revision as of 05:50, 13 September 2019
Dorothy is a comic opera in three acts with music by Alfred Cellier (1844-1891)[1], with a libretto by B.C. Stephenson (1839-1906)[2].
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The original text
The story of a rake who falls in love with his own fiancée, when he meets her in disguise.
First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London on in 1886, gradually becoming a great success. The opera toured in Britain, America and Australia and enjoyed numerous revivals until at least 1908.
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Performance history in South Africa
1890: Performed in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, in January by an opera company managed and directed by Edgar Perkins. The company included R.S.V. Gregg, E. le Hay, Dennis Coyne, Frank Wheeler, Harry Miller, Ada Bemister, Carrie Nelson, Harriet Wood, and Ella Bankhardt. Musical direction was by James Hyde.
1893: Performed as the opening production in the new Opera House, Cape Town, on 31 August by the Lyric Company under the management of A. Bonamici and Edgar Perkins and directed by Duncan Young, with Leonora Braham of the Savoy, London, in the lead. The rest of the company consisted of A. Gourlay, R.S.V. Gregg, H.T. Davies, Fred Coyne, F.N. Carter, W. Roe, Sophie Harris, Katie Herbert and Trixie Gilfillian. Scenery was by Mr Maltby, Mr Ryan and Mr Thorne.
1902: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, in January by the Mouillot-De Jong opera company as part of their new season. The company included Frank Celli, John le Hay and Katie Seymour.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(opera)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cellier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._C._Stephenson
D. Edwards. 1897. The Cape Town Guide. Cape Town: Maskew Miller (Digitised 2011)[3]
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, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 389, 397-8, 412, 434
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