Masque - Revision history

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-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November), directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, including [[Skumbuzo Kunene]], [[Arthur Swan]], [[Sophie Harmse]], and six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November), directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, including [[Skhumbuzo Kunene]], [[Arthur Swan]], [[Sophie Harmse]], and six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
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 === Performance history in South Africa ===
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November), directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November), directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, including [[Skumbuzo Kunene]], [[Arthur Swan]], [[Sophie Harmse]], and six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
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 === Performance history in South Africa ===
-: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November). With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
+: Presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] in the [[Artscape]] Theatre (28 October – 5 November), directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. With baritone [[Fikile Mvinjelwa]] as the Griot, a traditional African storyteller, and a cast of 10 white and black singers, six dancers from [[Jazzart Dance Theatre]], the 16-piece [[Cape Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble]], a six-piece Early Music group from Innsbruck and the 11-piece Todi Ensemble.
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	==''[[Masque]]'': The opera (2005)==		==''[[Masque]]'': The opera (2005)==
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		+	By [[Hans Huyssen]], based on a libretto by [[Ilija Trojanow]].

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	[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. ''Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].		[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. ''Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].
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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Commissioned by the [[National Arts Council]] and [[Pro Helvetia]]. Premiere: Cape Town, 28.10.2005.
 ''[[Masque]]'' combines classical, African and baroque ensembles in its scoring, coupled with a cast of European and African singers and masked dancers to portray arts in a multi-cultural setting.
 The theme of the opera (based on ''The Origin of Life and Death - African Creation Myths'') revolves around four African masks (The Blind one, the Tired one, the Sad one and Death) placed in a museum that are viewed differently by Western and African people. These masks represent blindness, sleep, sorrow and death, balancing forces sent by God to cure man of his pride. To the Griot (a Mali storyteller) these masks have an emotional attachment and by touching them he brings them to life, thus dispelling the curse that made them lifeless.

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 Historically the term <big>[[Masque]]</big> refers to a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors.[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masque]
-The term is related to the word [[masquerade]], referring to a [[masquerade ball]] or [[bal masqué[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball].
+The term is related to the word [[masquerade]], referring to a [[masquerade ball]] or [[bal masqué]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball].
 =[[Masques]] performed in South Africa=

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−	Historically the term [[Masque]] refers to a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors.[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masque]	+	Historically the term <big>[[Masque]]</big> refers to a short allegorical dramatic entertainment of the 16th and 17th centuries performed by masked actors.[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masque]

	(See also the related term [[Masquerade]])		(See also the related term [[Masquerade]])

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 [[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
-[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].
+[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. ''Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]