PACT Opera

PACT Opera was formed as one of the principal arts segments of the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT).

History

Established in ?.

Productions

Operas

1963: Tosca; Le nozze di Figaro; Amahl and the Night Visitors; Susanna’s Secret

1964: Lucia di Lammermoor; Faust; Il trovatore

1965: Nabucco; La bohème

1966: Nabucco; Die Fledermaus; Il trovatore; Così fan tutte; Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)

1967: Macbeth; The Bartered Bride; Madama Butterfly; Il seraglio

1968: Macbeth; Die Fledermaus; Madama Butterfly; La traviata; Nabucco

1969: Peter Grimes; La traviata; Madama Butterfly; Don Carlos

1970: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi; Il tabarro; Don Pasquale; Der fliegende Holländer

1971: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Tosca

1972: Carmen; Don Pasquale; Rigoletto; Don Giovanni

1973: La traviata; Aida; Carmen; Le nozze di Figaro

1974:Rigoletto; Lucia di Lammermoor; Norma; La bohème

1975: Don Carlos; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Die Fledermaus; Le nozze di Figaro

1976:La forza del destino; La bohème; Jenůfa (Enlg.) (Jenůfa) (Anderson/Quayle); Il barbiere di Siviglia

1977: Don Giovanni; Faust; The Merry Widow

1978: Die Fledermaus; Nabucco; Madama Butterfly

1979: Simon boccanegra; The Merry Widow; Jenůfa; Lucia di Lammermoor

For more information, see Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal

For an overview on opera in South Africa, see Opera

Sources

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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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

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