Pro Musica Opera Company

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Pro Musica Opera Company

History

the theatre was involved in pioneering work regarding opera in South Africa. Der Freischütz (Weber), Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai) and Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) had their South African debuts in the Roodepoort Civic Theatre, as had Fidelio (Beethoven).

Sources

https://creativefeel.co.za/2022/07/the-glamour-of-great-opera-for-all-in-joburg/

Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).

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