Neels Hansen - Revision history

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As director

Darryl at 07:54, 15 July 2025

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Biography

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Contribution to South African theatre and performance

Darryl at 16:51, 21 April 2024

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Darryl: /* Contribution to South African theatre and performance */

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Contribution to South African theatre and performance

Fogterop at 18:31, 12 February 2021

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Miriamt at 10:29, 18 December 2017

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	1974: ''[[La bohème]]'' ([[PACT Opera]])		1974: ''[[La bohème]]'' ([[PACT Opera]])
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		+	1975: ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' ([[PACT Opera]])

	1976: ''[[La bohème]]'' ([[PACT Opera]])		1976: ''[[La bohème]]'' ([[PACT Opera]])

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 ''[[Peter Grimes]]''
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 ''[[Don Pasquale]]''
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 ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''
 ''[[Attila]]''

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 == Biography ==
-Born on 16 April 1936 and went to school in Heidelberg in the Transvaal. He then studied at the [[University of Pretoria]] and the  [[Pretoria Teachers Training College]], with a view to becoming a teacher. However, at the age of 24 his interests shifted and he began work at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]].
+Cornelius Johannes Hansen born on 16 April 1936 and went to school in Heidelberg in the Transvaal. He then studied at the [[University of Pretoria]] and the  [[Pretoria Teachers Training College]], with a view to becoming a teacher. However, at the age of 24 his interests shifted and he began work at the [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]].
 He died of cancer in November 2014 at the age of 78.

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	''The Star'', 15 February 2005.		''The Star'', 15 February 2005.

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 == Contribution to South African theatre and performance ==
-Hansen soon became a driving force behind South African opera and musical theatre in the North of the country, both as a lecturer at the [[University of Pretoria]] and his work as designer, director and artistic director for [[PACT]] Opera.
+Hansen was a driving force behind South African opera and musical theatre in the North of the country, both as a lecturer at the [[University of Pretoria]] and his work as designer, director and artistic director for [[PACT]] Opera. In 1999, he and the soprano [[Mimi Coertse]] 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 is now known as the [[Gauteng Opera]]. Hansen remained a patron of this till his death in 2014.
-His early costume designs include those for   ''[[Kismet]]'' (1973) and  [[Sun City]]’s opening theatre production (1979), while his early directing projects included ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (1983). These were soon followed by a long list of works which he staged, directed and often also designed for,  over the years. These include Britten's ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' and ''[[Death in Venice]]''; Donizetti's ''[[Don Pasquale]]'', ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', ''[[Maria Stuarda]]'', ''[[I puritani]]'' and ''[[L’elisir d’amore]]'' (for the Royal Opera of Teheran); Gounod's ''[[Faust]]''; Leoncavallo's ''[[I pagliacci]]''; Mascagni's ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''; Offenbach's ''[[Les contes d’Hoffmann]]''; Puccini's ''[[La bohème]]'', ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'' and  ''[[Turandot]]''; Rossini's ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]''; Richard Strauss's ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''; Verdi's ''[[Aïda]]'', ''[[Attila]]'', ''[[Don Carlo]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'', ''[[Otello]]'', ''[[Rigoletto]]'', ''[[La traviata]]'', and  ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]''.
+===As designer===
-In 1999 he and the soprano [[Mimi Coertse]] 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 is now known as the [[Gauteng Opera]]. Hansen remained a patron of this till his death in 2014.
+His early costume designs include those for   ''[[Kismet]]'' (1973) and  [[Sun City]]’s opening theatre production (1979)
 == Awards ==

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 [[Neels Hansen]] (1936-2014). Designer and Director for theatre and opera.
 == Biography ==
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 He died of cancer in November 2014 at the age of 78.
 == Contribution to South African theatre and performance ==
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 == Sources ==
 [[Percy Tucker]], 1997

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