Durban Amateur Grand Opera Society

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Durban Amateur Grand Opera Society was an amateur society in Durban in the first half of the 20th century.

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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