Buchuland
Buchuland is a South African opera in three acts, with music by Roelof Temmingh and a libretto by Michael Williams.
The original text
Buchuland was commissioned by the Unisa Music Foundation with funds made available from the Art & Culture Trust of the President for the 23rd World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) held at the State Theatre during July 1998. The Conference was hosted and presented by the University of South Africa, the State Theatre, Pretoria, the City Council of Pretoria and the University of Pretoria from 19-25 July 1998.
The librettist, Michael Williams, was the director and David Scarr the conductor of the opera. Denise Sutton was the Concert Master of the New Arts Philharmonic Orchestra Pretoria and Rachelle Jonck the Chorus Master of the State Theatre Opera Chorus.
Sources
'Unisa Library Manuscripts Collection', https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/3626/Buchuland%20inventory.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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