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Murray Dickie (1924-1995)was an opera singer and director, and Musical Director.

Biography

Born in Bishopton, Scotland, on 3 April 1924, he had his first vocal training in Glasgow. He afterwards studied in Vienna with S. Polmann, in London with Dino Borgioli and in Milan with Guido Farinelli.

Dickie died on 19 June 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa, aged 71.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In 1982 he was appointed Artistic Director of CAPAB Opera and among his productions for them were The Mikado and Der Rosenkavalier (1986)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Dickie

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow[1]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.[2]

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