Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu
Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu is a South African opera, with music by Mzilikazi Khumalo and a libretto by Themba Msimang. Orchestration, arrangements and additional music by Michael Hankinson.
More often referred to simply as Princess Magogo.
The original text
Based on the life of the Zulu princess, composer and Imbongi Magogo kaDinuzulu. Commissioned by Opera Africa in Durban.
Performance history in South Africa
2002: First performed in Durban at the Playhouse. Directed by Themi Venturas. Conducted by Gerhard Geist. Set and costume designs by Andrew Verster. With Sibongile Khumalo, Fikile Mvinjelwa, Mhlonishwa Dlamini, Linda Bukhosini, Joyce Moholoagae, Ntombintathu Mfeka, Nomthandazo Mkize, Bongani Vilakazi, William Silk, Themba Msimang, Bongani Tembe, Siphiwe Blose.
2004: Performed by the African Renaissance Opera in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs by Andrew Verster.
2006: Presented at Spier (24–26 February)
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
Ivan Meredith. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Cape Town.
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