A unique collection. Items included:
Pavarotti in South Africa 1996.
Applause, Inauguration of the State Theatre 23 May 1981.
Eoan Group, Opera and Ballet Season March 1958 at City Hall, Cape Town.
Eoan Group, 6th Opera Season 1965. SAA World Of Opera 1993 (Madam Butterfly, La Traviata, Idomenio).
Bound gilt title on red vynide boards, Farewell Gala Performance Metropolitan Opera House 1965-1966.
3 pieces Ente Aotonomo Teatro Alla Scala, Stagione Lirica 1955-56, 1956-57 and 1957-58. Johannesburg Festival 1956 Official Souvenir Programme and a Preliminary Programme. Custom folder with brochures for: Cairo Opera House, Cairo Opera Company & Choir, Cairo Opera Ballet Company, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, National Arabic Music Ensemble, Religious Song Ensemble.
Carl Maria Von Weber, Der Freishitz, Pact, Roodepoort City Opera 1989.
The Wits Theatre Purcell's Dido & Aeneas and Menotti's The Telephone, 1992.
University of The Witwatersrand, Giovanni Paisiello's 'Nina' nd.
Otto Nicolai, Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Roodepoort City Opera 1989.
Menotti's Susanna's Secret and Amahl And The Night Visitors, Pact Johannesburg Civic Theatre 1963.
Albert Lortzing, Die Wilddief, Pretoria Opera Group, Aula 1963.
Engelberg Humperdink, Hansel Und Gretel. Pact Roodepoort City Opera 1990. Also a 1986 performance of the same opera at the same venue but not a Pact production. Also a 1962 production of the same opera at the Inaugural Festival Civic Theatre, S.A. Federation For Opera.
World Premier of Esther, Sandton Arts Group, Johannesburg Civic Theatre 1975.
Leonard Bernstein, A Quiet Place and Trouble In Tahiti, John F. Kennedy Centre For The Performing Arts, Houston Grand Opera 1984.
Gay & Pepusch, The Beggars Opera, Johannesburg Civic Theatre 1966? Another performance of the same opera , Standard Bank National Festival of The Arts, UCT Opera School 1986.
Joseph Haydn, L'Infedelta Delusa, University Of The Witwatersrand 1965.
Handel's Xerxes, Baxter Theatre, UCT Opera School 1985.
Gluck, Orpheus, Rondebosch Parish Hall, Bishop's Opera Group 1954.
Numerous associated items including a collection of newspapers and cuttings relating to the opening of the Sydney Opera House, a typescript 'Grand Opera in South Africa', some original photographs of performers, sundry other cuttings of interest.
Boxed collection of 31 items.
Mostly VG condition, but often annotated and with relevant newspaper clippings tipped in.
Images shown are for illustrative purposes only and do not purport to show each and every item listed here.
Our Ref: #28224
- Overall Condition: Very Good
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- Country: South Africa
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