Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu

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Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu is a South African opera, with music by Mzilikazi Khumalo and a libretto by Themba Msimang.

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, and later performed by the African Renaissance Opera in Chicago, USA, in 2004. Set and costume designs in both cases were by Andrew Verster.

2006: Presented at Spier (24–26 February)

Sources

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/arts/opera-review-varied-cultures-entwine-around-a-zulu-princess.html

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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