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| − | [[Ancarina Massimimi]] was an Italian opera singer, who, it seems, visited South Africa in 1894-5 under the auspices of impresario [[A. Bonamici]], possibly with his [[Lyric Opera Company]]. | + | #REDIRECT [[Ancarina Massimimi]] |
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| − | She is specifically mentioned as performing the leading role in an (unnamed) Italian operatic comedy , put on at the [[Opera House]] Cape Town at the start of 1895, but even though Boonzaier (1923) considered the [[Lyric Opera Company]] as consisting of excellent performers, the particular piece failed to gain much public support and the undertaking was ultimately "a disastrous failure".
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| − | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 401
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