National Opera Association

Opera in the Transvaal was dominated by this organisation and the Operavereniging van Suid-Afrika (“Opera Society of South Africa”) from 1956 until the formation of PACT in 1963.

Origins

Alessandro Rota was instrumental in the launch of the National Opera Association of South Africa.

Its aim was to encourage indigenous opera and ballet and to encourage South African artists to remain in the country.

Sources

Percy Tucker, 1997

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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