William Pickerill
William Pickerill. (?-?) Musician, composer, conductor
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Together with John Connell and Alessandro Rota, William Pickerill founded the National Opera Company in 1940.
William Pickerill conducted several operas alongside producer, Guiseppe Paganelli.
He conducted Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers as well as The Mikado for the Durban Municipal Choral and Light Opera Society.
Pickerill also composed the music for several musicals, including The Mill of Youth (libretto by Archibald J.A. Wilson and Walter Swanson) and Oh, Boy! (again written by Archibald J.A. Wilson).
Sources
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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