Posted inCape Town (South Africa) Classical Music Dalinda (Opera) Donizetti, Gaetano Lucrezia Borgia (Opera) Naples (Italy) Opera University of Cape Town
A (Very) Belated Donizetti Premiere in South Africa
The 1838 score for “Dalinda,” which uses chunks of “Lucrezia Borgia,” was found in Naples in 2019. A student company in Cape Town just gave the first staged performance.