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 Davids started her vocal training with [[Nellie du Toit]] in 1982 on a part-time basis. From 1984 to 1986 she worked full-time with Du Toit when she enrolled for a Performer’s Licentiate in Music at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious Dalberg Bursary which enabled her to study with Christina Deutekom in the Netherlands and to work with several coaches in Europe.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Davids can be regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost Verdian sopranos. She made her debut as Aida in 1988. Since then, she has sung leads in operas such as ''[[Il trovatore]]'', ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'', ''[[Don Carlos]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'' and portrayed Puccini roles such as ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''. Virginia Davids sang with the [[EOAN Group]] in the 1970s. She has since sung in all the main centres in South Africa, and sang the role of ''[[Tosca]]'' in Zimbabwe in the nineties.
+In 1996 she joined the teaching staff of the College of Music at [[University of Cape Town]] on a part- time basis. She was appointed Associate Professor in 2000.
 Roles/productions include:

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-Davids can be regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost Verdian sopranos. She made her debut as Aida in 1988. Since then, she has sung leads in operas such as ''[[Il trovatore]]'', ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'', ''[[Don Carlos]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'' and portrayed Puccini roles such as ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''. She has sung in all the main centres in South Africa, and sang the role of Tosca in Zimbabwe in the nineties.
+Davids can be regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost Verdian sopranos. She made her debut as Aida in 1988. Since then, she has sung leads in operas such as ''[[Il trovatore]]'', ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'', ''[[Don Carlos]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'' and portrayed Puccini roles such as ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''. Virginia Davids sang with the [[EOAN Group]] in the 1970s. She has since sung in all the main centres in South Africa, and sang the role of ''[[Tosca]]'' in Zimbabwe in the nineties.
-She appeared in the [[CAPAB]]/[[PACOFS]] collaboration of ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1987.
+Roles/productions include:
 Davids played the title role in ''[[Aida]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]] in 1988.

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 ==Biography==
-Virginia Davids sang with the [[EOAN Group]] in the 1970s. Davids started her vocal training with [[Nellie du Toit]] in 1982 on a part-time basis. From 1984 to 1986 she worked full- time with Du Toit when she enrolled for a Performer’s Licentiate in Music at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
+==Training==
 From 1986 till 1994 she was contracted to [[CAPAB]] whereupon she became a freelance singer. In 1996 she joined the teaching staff of the College of Music at [[University of Cape Town]] on a part- time basis. She was appointed Associate Professor in 2000.

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	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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		+	Davids can be regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost Verdian sopranos. She made her debut as Aida in 1988. Since then, she has sung leads in operas such as ''[[Il trovatore]]'', ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'', ''[[Don Carlos]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'' and portrayed Puccini roles such as ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''. She has sung in all the main centres in South Africa, and sang the role of Tosca in Zimbabwe in the nineties.

	She appeared in the [[CAPAB]]/[[PACOFS]] collaboration of ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1987.		She appeared in the [[CAPAB]]/[[PACOFS]] collaboration of ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1987.

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 Virginia Davids sang with the [[EOAN Group]] in the 1970s. Davids started her vocal training with [[Nellie du Toit]] in 1982 on a part-time basis. From 1984 to 1986 she worked full- time with Du Toit when she enrolled for a Performer’s Licentiate in Music at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
-From 1986 till 1994 she was contracted to CAPAB whereupon she became a freelance singer. In 1996 she joined the teaching staff of the College of Music at [[University of Cape Town]] on a part- time basis. She was appointed Associate Professor in 2000.
+From 1986 till 1994 she was contracted to [[CAPAB]] whereupon she became a freelance singer. In 1996 she joined the teaching staff of the College of Music at [[University of Cape Town]] on a part- time basis. She was appointed Associate Professor in 2000.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].		[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].
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		+	[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Davids played the title role in ''[[Aida]]'' for [[CAPAB Opera]] in 1988.
 She played Katrina Bantjies in ''[[Buchuland]]'' by [[Roelof Temmingh]] and [[Michael Williams]] at the [[State Theatre]] in 1998.
 She appeared in ''[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]'' for the Woordfees in 2011 in the [[Klein Libertas Theatre]].

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 ==Sources==
 [[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.
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
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		+	Virginia Davids used to sing with the [[EOAN Group]] in the 1970s. From 1984-88 she received further vocal training at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] and enjoyed an illustrious career in the country after that.

	Davids was professor of singing at the [[University of Cape Town]].		Davids was professor of singing at the [[University of Cape Town]].