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''[[Klutaimnestra]]'' is a full length, Afrikaans opera by [[Cromwell Everson]] (1925–1991)
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''[[Klutaimnestra]]'' is a full length, Afrikaans opera in four acts with music and libretto by [[Cromwell Everson]] (1925–1991)
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Said to be the first Afrikaans opera.
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Said to be the first Afrikaans opera. Based on a classic Greek figure of Clytemnestra.
  
 
The opera conveys Afrikaner sentiments of oppression by the British. It has has three central themes or characteristics: first, it portrays women and children in concentration camps; second, the oppression of a powerful nation; and third, the oppressed nation’s rise to power. Written in Afrikaans to “uplift” Afrikaans to a language equal to that of Western European languages used in opera.
 
The opera conveys Afrikaner sentiments of oppression by the British. It has has three central themes or characteristics: first, it portrays women and children in concentration camps; second, the oppression of a powerful nation; and third, the oppressed nation’s rise to power. Written in Afrikaans to “uplift” Afrikaans to a language equal to that of Western European languages used in opera.
  
The whole work is based on a twelve-tone motive and makes use of a contrapuntal “spreekkoor”. It was performed in 1968 in Worcester.
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The whole work is based on a twelve-tone motive and makes use of a contrapuntal ''spreekkoor'' ("speaking choir").
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1967: First performed.  
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1967: First performed at the [[Biesenbach Hall]] in Worcester.
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Performed by the [[UCT Opera Company]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== 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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
 
[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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"Everson, Cromwell". [[University of Pretoria]]. https://www.up.ac.za/sacomposers/article/2755748/everson-cromwell-
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"Cromwell Everson". https://profilpelajar.com/article/Cromwell_Everson
  
 
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== Return to ==

Latest revision as of 19:11, 22 February 2024

Klutaimnestra is a full length, Afrikaans opera in four acts with music and libretto by Cromwell Everson (1925–1991)

The original text

Said to be the first Afrikaans opera. Based on a classic Greek figure of Clytemnestra.

The opera conveys Afrikaner sentiments of oppression by the British. It has has three central themes or characteristics: first, it portrays women and children in concentration camps; second, the oppression of a powerful nation; and third, the oppressed nation’s rise to power. Written in Afrikaans to “uplift” Afrikaans to a language equal to that of Western European languages used in opera.

The whole work is based on a twelve-tone motive and makes use of a contrapuntal spreekkoor ("speaking choir").

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1967: First performed at the Biesenbach Hall in Worcester.

Performed by the UCT Opera Company.

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.

"Everson, Cromwell". University of Pretoria. https://www.up.ac.za/sacomposers/article/2755748/everson-cromwell-

"Cromwell Everson". https://profilpelajar.com/article/Cromwell_Everson

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