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''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'' ("Table Mountain's Cloth") is an Afrikaans opera by [[Albert Coates]].
 
''[[Tafelberg se Kleed]]'' ("Table Mountain's Cloth") is an Afrikaans opera by [[Albert Coates]].
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Van Hunck and the devil, an opera based on local folklore and composed for the Jan van Riebeeck Festival in 1952
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==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 17:29, 22 July 2024

Tafelberg se Kleed ("Table Mountain's Cloth") is an Afrikaans opera by Albert Coates.

Van Hunck and the devil, an opera based on local folklore and composed for the Jan van Riebeeck Festival in 1952


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1952: Presented by the UCT Opera Company in the Cape Town City Hall as part of the Van Riebeeck Festival of Music and Drama, conducted by Albert Coates (March).

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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