Mimi Coertse - Revision history

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Biography

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	https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-04-28-celebrated-opera-singer-mimi-coertse-dies-aged-93/		https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-04-28-celebrated-opera-singer-mimi-coertse-dies-aged-93/
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		+	[[Herman Lategan]]. 2026. "The Queen of the Night falls silent — legendary soprano Mimi Coertse dies", ''[[Daily Maverick]]'', 28 April, 2026.

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

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−	[[Mimi Coertse]] - opera singer (1932-2026)	+	[[Mimi Coertse]] - internationally acclaimed opera singer (1932-2026)

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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−	[[Mimi Coertse]] ~~is an internationally reknowned performer.~~ (1932-2026)	+	[[Mimi Coertse]] - opera singer (1932-2026)

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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-[[Mimi Coertse]] is an internationally reknowned performer. (1932-)
+[[Mimi Coertse]] is an internationally reknowned performer. (1932-2026)
 == Biography ==
-Mimi Coertse was born in Durban in 1932. She made her debut at the Johannesburg City Hall in
+Maria Sophia Coertse was born in Durban in 1932. She made her debut at the Johannesburg City Hall in
 December 1951 in Handel’s Messiah. Coertse received her first vocal training from [[Aimée Parkerson]] in Johannesburg, before leaving for Vienna in 1954 to study singing with Maria Hittorff, lied interpretation with Victor Graeff and opera-related subjects at the State Academy for Arts and Sciences in Vienna. Barely a year later she signed a contract with the Vienna State Opera Company for a tour to Italy during which she made her European debut as the First Flower Maiden in Wagner’s ''[[Parsifal]]''.
 ==Career==
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 https://www.theherald.co.za/lifestyle/events/2018-11-17-festive-concert-with-mimi/
 Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	===As performer===		===As performer===
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		+	She performed in ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]] in 1962.

	She performed in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' in the [[Staatsteater]], Pretoria in 1995.		She performed in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' in the [[Staatsteater]], Pretoria in 1995.

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	[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]][http://classicsa.co.za/site/listings/view/classicsa_sabina_mossolow_soprano/?s=musicians&f=ind&m=2&ms=1]. 2003. ''The career of South African soprano [[Nellie du Toit]], born 1929''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/16394]		[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]][http://classicsa.co.za/site/listings/view/classicsa_sabina_mossolow_soprano/?s=musicians&f=ind&m=2&ms=1]. 2003. ''The career of South African soprano [[Nellie du Toit]], born 1929''. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/16394]
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		+	https://www.theherald.co.za/lifestyle/events/2018-11-17-festive-concert-with-mimi/

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

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	In 1999, [[Mimi Coertse]] and [[Neels Hansen]] founded the [[Black Tie Ensemble]] as means to help preserve the traditions of opera performance in South Africa and to create a pathway for gifted, aspiring young singers to become opera performers. This later evolved into what was later known as the [[Gauteng Opera]].		In 1999, [[Mimi Coertse]] and [[Neels Hansen]] founded the [[Black Tie Ensemble]] as means to help preserve the traditions of opera performance in South Africa and to create a pathway for gifted, aspiring young singers to become opera performers. This later evolved into what was later known as the [[Gauteng Opera]].
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		+	In 2012, she co-founded [[Bel Canto Ensemble]] with [[Jonathan Watkins]].

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 Mimi Coertse was born in Durban in 1932. She made her debut at the Johannesburg City Hall in
 December 1951 in Handel’s Messiah. Coertse received her first vocal training from [[Aimée Parkerson]] in Johannesburg, before leaving for Vienna in 1954 to study singing with Maria Hittorff, lied interpretation with Victor Graeff and opera-related subjects at the State Academy for Arts and Sciences in Vienna. Barely a year later she signed a contract with the Vienna State Opera Company for a tour to Italy during which she made her European debut as the First Flower Maiden in Wagner’s ''[[Parsifal]]''.
 In 1955 she also made her debut in Basle in the role that first brought her fame and that initially
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 Coertse Bursary.
-In 1999, [[Mimi Coertse]] and [[Neels Hansen]] founded the [[Black Tie Ensemble]] as means to help preserve the traditions of opera performance in South Africa and to create a pathway for gifted, aspiring young singers to become opera performers. This later evolved into what was later known as the [[Gauteng Opera]].
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
+===As performer===
 She performed in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' in the [[Staatsteater]], Pretoria in 1995.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 in ''[[Cosi fan tutte]]'', ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' and ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]''.
-Coertse, whose mother tongue is Afrikaans, astonished the Viennese music world with her seemingly
+Coertse, whose mother tongue is [[Afrikaans]], astonished the Viennese music world with her seemingly
 inborn gift for the art of the Viennese operetta, in which she excelled. Her versatility also found
 outlet in the genres of the lied, oratorio, cantata and passion, covering style periods from the