James Conrad
James Conrad (1932-) is a theatre producer/director.
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Biography
Born 1932.
Training
Conrad studied singing at the University of Stellenbosch.
Career
In 1955 he was a junior lecturer in singing at the South African College of Music in Cape Town, from where an opera tour took him to London where he then worked for the BBC. During this time he changed from bass-baritone to dramatic tenor and studied in Detmold, Germany from 1960-1963. In 1964 he was contracted to the Kiel opera house and in 1965 to Sadler Wells.
He was the head of NAPAC Opera from 1963 to 1989, producing operas mainly in Natal.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As producer/director:
1971: Lucia di Lammermoor for NAPAC
1973: Lucia di Lammermoor for PACOFS/NAPAC
1974: Andrea Chénier for NAPAC
1975: Andrea Chénier for NAPAC
1975: Il trovatore for NAPAC/PACOFS
1979: La traviata for NAPAC
Sources
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow[1]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.[2]
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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