Bastien und Bastienne
Bastien und Bastienne is a one-act singspiel, a comic opera, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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The original text
Bastien und Bastienne was one of Mozart's earliest operas, written in 1768 when he was only twelve years old.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into isiZulu, and re-titled Themba no Thembile, by David Smith.
Performance history of the opera in South Africa
1991: Performed in the Zulu translation as Themba no Thembile by the Durban Arts Association, with leading roles sung by Walter Mdleshebi and Thokozami Mkhize.
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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