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[[Hilde Roos]] is  
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[[Hilde Roos]] is a music and opera lecturer and researcher.
  
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== Biography ==
  
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She is the General Manager of Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation at Stellenbosch University and her work focuses on historical and contemporary representations of opera in Southern Africa with special reference to the intersection of the genre with politics and race.  
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She obtained her doctorate in 2010 with a study called ''Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'' from [[Stellenbosch University]].
  
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She has published widely about the [[Eoan Group]], a so-called coloured opera group who performed opera during Apartheid. She is the author of
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
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[[Hilde Roos]] 2013. ''EOAN – Our Story'' ([[Fourthwall Books]], Johannesburg, 2013).  
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She is the General Manager of [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]] ([[AOI]]) at [[Stellenbosch University]] and her work focuses on historical and contemporary representations of opera in Southern Africa with special reference to the intersection of the genre with politics and race.  
  
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[[Hilde Roos]] 2018. ''The La Traviata Affair – Opera in the Age of Apartheid'' (University of California Press), and joint editor of  
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She has published widely about the [[Eoan Group]], a so-called "[[coloured]]" opera group who performed opera during the [[Apartheid]] period, and other aspects of opera and musical theatre in South Africa.
  
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[[Hilde Roos]] 2023. '' “Sorry. I am what I am.” The life and letters of the South African pianist and opera coach Gordon Jephtas (1943–92)'' (Basler Afrika Bibliografien)  
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Her publications include "Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera" (in ''[[Acta Academica]]'' Supplementum 2012), ''EOAN – Our Story'' (2013); ''The La Traviata Affair – Opera in the Age of Apartheid'' (2018), ''African Theatre – Opera and Music Theatre'' (co-editor, 2020), "Burgerskap onder konstruksie: Aida en Rigoletto by die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiekfeesvieringe, 1971" (2021), '' “Sorry. I am what I am.” The life and letters of the South African pianist and opera coach Gordon Jephtas (1943–92)'' (2023).
  
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In 2020 she co-edited ''African Theatre – Opera and Music Theatre'', exploring historical and contemporary traces of opera and music theatre on the African continent.  
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Hilde is also a founder member of the [[Black Opera Research Network]] ([[BORN]]), an international network of scholars that engage with conversations on the history, experiences, politics and practices of Black Opera.
  
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A founder member of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN), an international network of scholars that engage with conversations on the history, experiences, politics and practices of Black Opera.
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== Sources ==
  
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Hilde is also a founder member of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN), an international network of scholars that engage with conversations on the history, experiences, politics and practices of Black Opera.
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https://aoinstitute.ac.za/project/hilde-roos/
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Latest revision as of 06:35, 24 July 2024

Hilde Roos is a music and opera lecturer and researcher.

Biography

She obtained her doctorate in 2010 with a study called Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation from Stellenbosch University.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She is the General Manager of Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation (AOI) at Stellenbosch University and her work focuses on historical and contemporary representations of opera in Southern Africa with special reference to the intersection of the genre with politics and race.

She has published widely about the Eoan Group, a so-called "coloured" opera group who performed opera during the Apartheid period, and other aspects of opera and musical theatre in South Africa.

Her publications include "Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera" (in Acta Academica Supplementum 2012), EOAN – Our Story (2013); The La Traviata Affair – Opera in the Age of Apartheid (2018), African Theatre – Opera and Music Theatre (co-editor, 2020), "Burgerskap onder konstruksie: Aida en Rigoletto by die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiekfeesvieringe, 1971" (2021), “Sorry. I am what I am.” The life and letters of the South African pianist and opera coach Gordon Jephtas (1943–92) (2023).

Hilde is also a founder member of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN), an international network of scholars that engage with conversations on the history, experiences, politics and practices of Black Opera.

Sources

https://aoinstitute.ac.za/project/hilde-roos/

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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