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- 18:20, 25 February 2024 Silas Marner (hist) [1,115 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Silas Marner'' is an opera in three acts by John Joubert (1927-2019) with a libretto by Rachel Trickett. ==The original text== Based on the novel by George Elliot....")
- 16:48, 25 February 2024 Virginia Davids (hist) [980 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Virginia Davids. (?-) Soprano. ==Biography== Davids was professor of singing at the University of Cape Town. ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or perfor...")
- 16:15, 25 February 2024 Joseph Manca (hist) [1,792 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Joseph Manca'''. (?-?) Italian-born musician, conductor ==Biography== Italian immigrant Joseph Salvatore Manca, the son of a Sicilian barber, He was an amateur music...")
- 19:27, 24 February 2024 Alessandro Rota (hist) [1,632 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Alessandro Rota is an Italian-born tenor ==Biography== Rota came to South Africa around 1931/1932 with the Gonzales Opera Company from Italy and decided to settle in...")
- 19:20, 24 February 2024 National Opera Company (hist) [1,061 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The National Opera Company, founded in 1940. ==Origins== Founded by John Connell, Alessandro Rota and William Pickerill. ==Productions== The National Ope...")
- 18:45, 24 February 2024 Guiseppe Paganelli (hist) [1,483 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Guiseppe Paganelli (1882–1956). Teacher, producer. == Biography == Born in Italy. ==Career== Paganelli was engaged as a singing teacher at the South African Coll...")
- 18:01, 24 February 2024 Il matrimonio segreto (hist) [1,338 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Il matrimonio segreto'' is a ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati. ==The original text== Based on the 1766 pla...")
- 18:38, 23 February 2024 Lives of African Women: Umuntu, Threnody & Dances (hist) [783 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Lives of African Women: Umuntu, Threnody & Dances'' is aa chamber monodrama with music and libretto by Bongani Ndodana-Breen. ==The original text== Commissioned b...")
- 18:33, 23 February 2024 Winnie, the Opera (hist) [1,573 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Winnie, the Opera'' is an opera composed by Bongani Ndodana-Breen with a libretto by Mfundi Vundla and Warren Wilensky. ==The original text== Based on the...")
- 18:26, 23 February 2024 Themba and Seliba (hist) [757 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Themba and Seliba'' is a children’s opera composed by Bongani Ndodana-Breen with a libretto by Gwyneth Lloyd. ==The original text== ==Translations and adapt...")
- 18:01, 23 February 2024 Bongani Ndodana-Breen (hist) [1,355 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bongani Ndodana-Breen Composer. == Biography == ==Training== Ndodana-Breen graduated from Rhodes University with a PhD in Music Composition. ==Career== He was Direc...")
- 12:07, 23 February 2024 Carl Rosa Opera Company (hist) [1,498 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Carl Rosa Opera Company is an Opera company . ==The company== The Carl Rosa Opera Company was founded in 1873 by Carl Rosa, a German-born musical impresario, and his...")
- 19:19, 22 February 2024 Lentelief (hist) [789 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Lentelief'' ("Spring Love") is an Afrikaans operetta by Xander Haagen. ==The original text== ==Translations and adaptations== == Performance history in South Africa =...")
- 19:05, 22 February 2024 Tafelberg se Kleed (hist) [1,068 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Tafelberg se Kleed'' ("Table Mountain's Cloth") is an Afrikaans opera by Albert Coates. ==The original text== ==Translations and adaptations== == Performance hist...")
- 18:58, 22 February 2024 University of Cape Town Opera Company (hist) [3,093 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The University of Cape Town Opera Company was the affiliated performance company of the University of Cape Town Opera School. ==Purpose== ==Productions== The UCT Op...")
- 18:45, 22 February 2024 Pretoria Opera Group (hist) [1,877 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Pretoria Opera Group ==Purpose== ==Productions== The Pretoria Opera Group performed opera alternatively in Afrikaans and English translation. == Sources == ...")
- 18:41, 22 February 2024 South African Opera Federation (hist) [2,696 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The South African Opera Federation, founded in 1958. ==Purpose== ==Productions== The federation performed several operas in Afrikaans translation, notably ''Die Flede...")
- 18:31, 22 February 2024 Opera Society of South Africa (hist) [2,162 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Opera Society of South Africa, founded in 1956. ==Purpose== The aim of the society was “to strive for the development of opera and related art forms, especially in...")
- 17:48, 22 February 2024 Cromwell Everson (hist) [2,024 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cromwell Everson ((1925–1991)) Composer. == Biography == Everson’s musical interest began in his early childhood due to a small amateur orchestra rehearsing at his p...")
- 17:34, 22 February 2024 Klutaimnestra (hist) [1,658 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Klutaimnestra'' is a full length, Afrikaans opera by Cromwell Everson (1925–1991) ==The original text== Said to be the first Afrikaans opera. The opera conveys...")