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''[[Saartjie]]'' is a short opera composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyer]] and [[Fiona Herbst]].  
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''[[Saartjie]]'' is a short opera composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyr]] and [[Fiona Zerbst]].  
  
 
==Original text==
 
==Original text==
  
The opera imagines Saartjie Baartman in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.
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The opera imagines [[Sara Baartman]] (also known as [[Saartjie Baartman]]) in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.
  
 
Original 20-minute work expanded into a full opera, under the title ''[[Sara Baartman]]''.
 
Original 20-minute work expanded into a full opera, under the title ''[[Sara Baartman]]''.

Latest revision as of 13:58, 18 April 2024

Saartjie is a short opera composed by Hendrik Hofmeyr and Fiona Zerbst.

Original text

The opera imagines Sara Baartman (also known as Saartjie Baartman) in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.

Original 20-minute work expanded into a full opera, under the title Sara Baartman.

Productions

2010: Presented at the Baxter Theatre (November), directed by Geoffrey Hyland, as part of Five:20 Operas Made in SA

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

"Five: 20 - Operas made in South Africa". University of Cape Town. https://humanities.uct.ac.za/cca/projects-archive-and-curatorship-arc-visual-university/five-20-operas-made-south-africa

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