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| − | The [[Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company]] was an [[Italian Opera Company]], led by Madame [[Ancarina Massimimi]], that visited South Africa in 1895, ''inter alia'' performing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of impresario [[A. Bonamici]].
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| − | A large company, they presented a large repertoire including ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[La Favorita]]'' (Donizetti), ''[[Cavelleria Rusticana]]'' (), ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' (Rossini), ''[[Carmen]]'' (Bizet), ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (Verdi), ''[[Gioconda]]'' (Verdi), and ''[[Ernani]]'' (Verdi).
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| − | Though considered excellent performers by Boonzaier (1923), he says that the company failed to gain much public support and that the undertaking was "a disastrous failure".
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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