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| − | '''Murray Dickie''' (1924-1995)was an opera singer and director, | + | '''Murray Dickie''' (1924-1995)was an opera singer and director, musical director amd artistic director. |
==Biography== | ==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. | 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. | ||
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| + | Among his awards have been In 1975, Dickie was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class and an OBE in the 1976 New Year Honours. | ||
Dickie died on 19 June 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa, aged 71. | Dickie died on 19 June 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa, aged 71. | ||
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Murray Dickie (1924-1995)was an opera singer and director, musical director amd artistic director.
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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.
Among his awards have been In 1975, Dickie was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class and an OBE in the 1976 New Year Honours.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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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