Tafelberg se Kleed
Tafelberg se Kleed ("Table Mountain's Cloth") is an Afrikaans opera by Albert Coates.
Also known as Van Hunks and the Devil or The Tablecloth.
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The original text
It is an opera based on local folklore and composed for the Jan van Riebeeck Festival in 1952.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1952: Presented by the UCT Opera Company in the Cape Town City Hall as part of the Van Riebeeck Festival of Music and Drama, conducted by Albert Coates (March).
Sources
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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