Durban Amateur Grand Opera Society
Durban Amateur Grand Opera Society was an amateur society in Durban in the first half of the 20th century.
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History
Established in 1928 by Dan Godfrey, former conductor of the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra and musical director of the Durban Orchestra.
Productions
The works performed by the society included: Charles Gounod's Faust and Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore.
Sources
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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