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- 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...")
- 18:03, 23 February 2024 Credo (hist) [62 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to CREDO: A musical testament to the Freedom Charter) Tag: New redirect
- 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...")
- 17:52, 23 February 2024 Bongani Ndodana (hist) [34 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Bongani Ndodana-Breen) Tag: New redirect
- 17:27, 23 February 2024 Impempe Yomlingo (hist) [29 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Die Zauberflöte) Tag: New redirect
- 17:16, 23 February 2024 The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo (hist) [29 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Die Zauberflöte) Tag: New redirect
- 17:14, 23 February 2024 The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo (hist) [29 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to The Magic Flute) Tag: New redirect
- 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...")
- 11:30, 23 February 2024 B.J. Vorster (hist) [39 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Balthazar Johannes Vorster) Tag: New redirect
- 11:12, 23 February 2024 Bygmester Solness (hist) [31 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to The Master Builder) Tag: New redirect
- 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...")
- 19:00, 22 February 2024 UCT Opera Company (hist) [50 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to University of Cape Town Opera Company) Tag: New redirect
- 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 == ...")
- 18:42, 22 February 2024 Les contes d'Hoffmann (hist) [34 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Tag: New redirect
- 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...")
- 18:34, 22 February 2024 Cosí fan tutte (hist) [28 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Così Fan Tutte) Tag: New redirect
- 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...")
- 16:09, 22 February 2024 Sister + (hist) [25 bytes] Karina2 (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Sister Plus) Tag: New redirect
- 17:15, 21 February 2024 John Joubert (hist) [1,602 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "John Joubert (1927-2019). Composer. == Biography == John Joubert was born in Cape Town. He studied at the Diocesan College in Rondebosch (1934-1944) and at the Sout...")
- 17:02, 21 February 2024 In die Droogte (hist) [27 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to In the Drought) Tag: New redirect
- 15:18, 21 February 2024 The Square (hist) [738 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Square'' is a ballet by Stanley Glasser (1926-2018). ==The original text== The first full-length South African ballet. The ballet is a depiction of gang life i...")
- 14:28, 21 February 2024 Il barbiere di Siviglia (hist) [62 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Le Barbier de Séville, ou La Précaution Inutile) Tag: New redirect
- 14:26, 21 February 2024 Il trovatore (hist) [25 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Il Trovatore) Tag: New redirect
- 14:23, 21 February 2024 L’elisir d’amore (hist) [2,867 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''L’elisir d’amore'' is a ''melodramma giocoso'' (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Felice Romani wrote...")
- 18:18, 20 February 2024 Orpheus… I mean Euridice… I mean the Natural History of a Chorus Girl (hist) [882 bytes] Karina2 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Orpheus… I mean Euridice… I mean the Natural History of a Chorus Girl'' A dancework by Robyn Orlin. ==Original Text== ==Translations and Adaptions== == Perfo...")
- 17:41, 20 February 2024 Anti-Lauis (hist) [52 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa) Tag: New redirect
- 17:41, 20 February 2024 Bessie: The Blue-Eyed Xhosa (hist) [52 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa) Tag: New redirect
- 17:41, 20 February 2024 Blood of Mine (hist) [52 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa) Tag: New redirect
- 17:40, 20 February 2024 The Application (hist) [52 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa) Tag: New redirect
- 17:38, 20 February 2024 Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa (hist) [2,354 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa'' is a showcase of four South African operas presented by Cape Town Opera and UCT Opera School onstage at the Artscape...")
- 17:13, 20 February 2024 SACM (hist) [43 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to South African College of Music) Tag: New redirect
- 17:13, 20 February 2024 South African College of Music (hist) [1,751 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "South African College of Music (SACM) was established in 1910 and was incorporated into the University of Cape Town in 1923. == Sources == Go to ESAT Bibliogr...")
- 16:53, 20 February 2024 Heart of Redness (hist) [1,499 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Heart of Redness'' is a musical by Neo Muyanga. ==The original text== Adapted from the novel, ''The Heart of Redness'', by Zakes Mda. ==Translations and adapt...")
- 16:33, 20 February 2024 The Medium (hist) [1,219 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Medium'' is a short two-act dramatic opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. ==The original text== Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia...")
- 16:29, 20 February 2024 Postcards from Morocco (hist) [976 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Postcards from Morocco'' is an opera in one act composed by Dominick Argento and libretto written by John Donahue under a commission from the Center Opera Company. ==T...")
- 16:19, 20 February 2024 Sing the Body Electric! (hist) [20 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Two:30) Tag: New redirect
- 16:15, 20 February 2024 Between a Rock and a Hard Place (hist) [19 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Two:30) Tag: New redirect
- 16:12, 20 February 2024 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: an Anatomy of a Mining Accident (hist) [19 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Two:30) Tag: New redirect
- 16:11, 20 February 2024 Two:30 (hist) [3,195 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Two:30'' is a showcase of two operas presented by Cape Town Opera in Stockholm as part of the 2:30 series in collaboration with the Stockholm Opera Hogskolan (the op...")
- 15:31, 20 February 2024 Hani (hist) [1,781 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Five:20 Operas Made in SA) Tag: New redirect
- 15:30, 20 February 2024 Words from a Broken String (hist) [1,604 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Five:20 Operas Made in SA) Tag: New redirect
- 15:30, 20 February 2024 Tronkvoël (hist) [1,877 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Five:20 Operas Made in SA) Tag: New redirect
- 15:30, 20 February 2024 Saartjie (hist) [1,123 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Five:20 Operas Made in SA) Tag: New redirect
- 15:18, 20 February 2024 Out of Time (hist) [1,015 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Five:20 Operas Made in SA) Tag: New redirect
- 15:16, 20 February 2024 Five:20 Operas Made in SA (hist) [1,310 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Five:20 Operas Made in SA'' is a showcase of five South African operas: ''Out of Time'', composed by Péter Louis van Dijk and directed by Geoffrey Hyland,...")
- 14:02, 20 February 2024 The Flower of Shembe (hist) [1,278 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Flower of Shembe'' is a contemporary dance/operetta by Neo Muyanga. ==The original text== ''The Flower of Shembe'' is an operetta about faith and destiny,...")
- 13:49, 20 February 2024 Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (hist) [26 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Viva la Mamma) Tag: New redirect
- 13:48, 20 February 2024 Viva la Diva (hist) [26 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Viva la Mamma) Tag: New redirect
- 13:47, 20 February 2024 Viva la Mamma (hist) [1,072 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Viva la Mamma'' opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni. Also known as ''Viva la Diva'' or ''Le convenie...")
- 13:39, 20 February 2024 The Rake’s Progress (hist) [1,044 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Manon'' is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. ==The original text== Based on the 1731 novel...")
- 13:37, 20 February 2024 Brundibar (hist) [976 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Brundibar'' is a children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister. ==The original text== Made most famous by performances by...")
- 13:28, 20 February 2024 Sophiatown Rising (hist) [78 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to African Songbook: A Musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela) Tag: New redirect
- 13:05, 20 February 2024 Mandela Trilogy (hist) [78 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to African Songbook: A Musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela) Tag: New redirect
- 13:04, 20 February 2024 African Songbook: A Musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela (hist) [3,571 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''African Songbook: A Musical Tribute to the Life of Nelson Mandela''. After its premiere, the show’s title was changed to ''Mandela Trilogy''. ==The original text...")
- 12:58, 20 February 2024 Il viaggio a Reims (hist) [31 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Il Viaggio a Reims) Tag: New redirect
- 12:58, 20 February 2024 Il Viaggio a Reims (hist) [1,227 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Il Viaggio a Reims'' or ''Il viaggio a Reims'' is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'', originally performed in three acts, by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by...")
- 12:01, 20 February 2024 The Cunning Little Vixen (hist) [847 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Cunning Little Vixen''is a three-act Czech-language opera by Leoš Janáček completed in 1923. ==The original text== Adapted from a novella by Rudolf Těsnohlí...")
- 11:56, 20 February 2024 Dead Man Walking (hist) [986 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Dead Man Walking'' is an opera composed by American Jake Heggie, with a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. ==The original text== Based on the book of the same na...")
- 11:52, 20 February 2024 La scala di Seta (hist) [30 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to La Scala di Seta) Tag: New redirect
- 11:52, 20 February 2024 La Scala di Seta (hist) [924 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''La Scala di Seta'' or ''La scala di Seta'' is an operatic ''farsa comica'' in one act by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. ==The original te...")
- 11:45, 20 February 2024 L'incoronazione di Poppea (hist) [1,026 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. ==The original text== The opera explores how Pop...")
- 11:35, 20 February 2024 African Prophetess (hist) [32 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Poet and Prophetess) Tag: New redirect
- 11:34, 20 February 2024 Poet and Prophetess (hist) [2,404 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Poet and Prophetess'' is an opera with music by Mats Larsson Gothe and libretto by Michael Williams (1962-) Adapted as a one-act opera (Act 3 of the original opera)...")
- 11:00, 20 February 2024 Werther (hist) [1,104 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Werther'' is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann. ==The original text== It is loosely base...")
- 16:44, 19 February 2024 Manon (hist) [947 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Manon'' is is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. ==The original text== Based on the 1731 no...")
- 16:38, 19 February 2024 La Rondine (hist) [966 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''La Rondine'' ("The Swallow") is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami. ==The original text== Based on a libretto by Alfred...")
- 16:08, 19 February 2024 The Orphans of Qumbu (hist) [1,491 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Orphans of Qumbu'' is an opera by composer Alan Stephenson and librettist Michael Williams. ==The original text== Published in ''The orphans of Qumbu and...")
- 15:54, 19 February 2024 Treemonisha (hist) [1,218 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Treemonisha'' is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera". ==The original text== Written in 1911, the opera...")
- 15:49, 19 February 2024 Rusalka (hist) [884 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Rusalka'' is a 1901 opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil. ==The original text== Based on the fairy tales of Karel Ja...")
- 15:40, 19 February 2024 Masque (hist) [1,090 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Masque'' is an African opera by Hans Huyssen on a libretto by Ilija Trojanow. ==The original text== Commissioned by the National Arts Council and Pro He...")
- 15:18, 19 February 2024 Andrea Chénier (hist) [1,523 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Andrea Chénier'' is Andrea Chénier is a ''verismo opera'' in four acts by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948), set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. ==The original tex...")
- 15:14, 19 February 2024 Alcina (hist) [938 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Alcina'' is Alcina is a 1735 ''opera seria'' by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). ==The original text== Handel used the libretto of ''L'isola di Alcina'', an opera...")
- 22:53, 18 February 2024 The Pardoner’s Tale (hist) [166 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to The Canterbury Tales) Tag: New redirect
- 22:19, 18 February 2024 Dark Sonnet (hist) [29 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Before Breakfast) Tag: New redirect
- 22:09, 18 February 2024 La damnation de Faust (hist) [18 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Faust) Tag: New redirect
- 22:06, 18 February 2024 La Damnation de Faust (hist) [18 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Faust) Tag: New redirect
- 18:05, 18 February 2024 The Bartered Bride (hist) [2,462 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Bartered Bride'' is a comic opera in 3 acts by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana with text by Kazel Sabina. ==The original text== Set in a country village and with r...")
- 17:34, 18 February 2024 Earthdiving (hist) [1,411 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Earthdiving'' or ''earthdiving'' is a techno-opera composed by Péter Louis van Dijk with Martin Phipps and Mokale Koapeng. ==The original text== ==Tra...")
- 17:18, 18 February 2024 Peter Louis van Dijk (hist) [34 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Péter Louis van Dijk) Tag: New redirect
- 17:07, 18 February 2024 Les pêcheurs de perles (hist) [36 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Tag: New redirect
- 17:06, 18 February 2024 Les Pêcheurs de Perles (hist) [1,095 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Les Pêcheurs de Perles'' or ''Les pêcheurs de perles'' (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875), to a librett...")
- 16:54, 18 February 2024 Idomeneo (hist) [1,685 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Idomeneo'' is or ''Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante'' is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). ==The original text== T...")
- 16:39, 18 February 2024 Dido and Aeneas (hist) [1,551 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Dido and Aeneas'' is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) with a libretto by Nahum Tate. ==The origi...")
- 16:33, 18 February 2024 Un ballo in Maschera (hist) [33 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Un Ballo in Maschera) Tag: New redirect
- 16:31, 18 February 2024 Un Ballo in Maschera (hist) [1,264 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Un Ballo in Maschera'' or ''Un ballo in Maschera'' is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ==The original text== The text, by Antonio Somma, was based o...")
- 12:54, 18 February 2024 MacbEth: The Opera (hist) [20 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Macbeth) Tag: New redirect
- 11:57, 18 February 2024 Love and Green Onions (hist) [1,079 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Love & Green Onions'' is a jazz opera composed by Denzil Weale with a libretto by Michael Williams. ==The original text== Based on Zakes Mda’s novel ''Wa...")
- 11:56, 18 February 2024 Love & Green Onions (hist) [34 bytes] Darryl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Love & Green Onions'' is a jazz opera composed by Denzil Weale with a libretto by Michael Williams. ==The original text== Based on Zakes Mda’s novel ''Wa...")