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Mandela Bio-Opera Closes After Three Shows For Lack Of Funds

MUSIC Posted: May 28, 2014 11:43 pm

The lead producer of Madiba: The African Opera, who is Nelson Mandela’s grand-nephew, says that the R2.86 million [$2.73 million] awarded by South Africa’s national lottery was not enough to pay the large cast and crew for the full five-show premiere run in Pretoria, let alone the planned national tour.

MUSIC Published: 05.27.14

Read the story in Mail and Guardian (South Africa) Published: 05.27.14

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