Italian Opera Company

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The concept of an "Italian Opera Company" refers to a specific category of theatrical company and occurs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th century writing on theatre and performance in South Africa, as elsewhere in the world. Such companies usually offered full or partial versions of the then popular Italian operas, though many also spread their wings to other forms of musical performance as well.

The names of the manager or one or more of the leading artists were usually appended top the title in some of the publicity (e.g. , but revfiewers and journalists often used the , a