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''[[Five:20 Operas Made in SA]]'' is a showcase of five South African operas created for the [[South African College of Music]] (SACM)’s centenary in 2010 and presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (21–27 November 2010):
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''[[Five:20 Operas Made in SA]]'' is a showcase of five South African operas created for the [[South African College of Music]] ([[SACM]])’s centenary in 2010 and presented by [[Cape Town Opera]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (21–27 November 2010).
  
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* ''[[Out of Time]]'', composed by [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], is a brief journey by ‘Black Taxi’ through prejudice, miscommunication, greed and xenophobia.
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The operas are:
  
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* ''[[Saartjie]]'', composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyer]] and [[Fiona Herbst]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], imagines Saartjie Baartman in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.
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* ''[[Out of Time]]'' ([[Péter Louis van Dijk]])
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* ''[[Saartjie]]'' ([[Hendrik Hofmeyer]] and [[Fiona Herbst]])
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* ''[[Tronkvoël]]'' ([[Martin Watt]] and [[Alwyn Roux]])
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* ''[[Words from a Broken String]]'' ([[Peter Klatzow]] and [[Michael Williams]]
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* ''[[Hani]]'' ([[Bongani Ndondana-Breen]] and [[Mfundi Vundla]]
  
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* ''[[Tronkvoël]]'', composed by [[Martin Watt]] with librettist [[Alwyn Roux]] and directed by [[Marcus Desando]], is inspired by an event that occurred during the imprisonment of South African poet, painter and freedom fighter [[Breyten Breytenbach]].
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'''For more information on each opera, see entries below.'''
  
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* ''[[Words from a Broken String]]'', with music by [[Peter Klatzow]], libretto by [[Michael Williams]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], tells the story of Lucy Lloyd, the nineteenth century linguist, who with her brother-in-law Wilhelm Bleek recorded the now extinct language of the San Bushmen.
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==''[[Out of Time]]''==
  
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* ''[[Hani]]'', composed by [[Bongani Ndondana-Breen]], with a libretto by [[Mfundi Vundla]], tells of the assassination of Chris Hani in 1993.
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Composed by [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], is a brief journey by ‘Black Taxi’ through prejudice, miscommunication, greed and xenophobia.
  
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==''[[Saartjie]]''==
  
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Composed by [[Hendrik Hofmeyer]] and [[Fiona Herbst]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], imagines Saartjie Baartman in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.
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== ''[[Tronkvoël]]''==
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Composed by [[Martin Watt]] with librettist [[Alwyn Roux]] and directed by [[Marcus Desando]], is inspired by an event that occurred during the imprisonment of South African poet, painter and freedom fighter [[Breyten Breytenbach]].
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== ''[[Words from a Broken String]]''==
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Music by [[Peter Klatzow]], libretto by [[Michael Williams]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], tells the story of Lucy Lloyd, the nineteenth century linguist, who with her brother-in-law Wilhelm Bleek recorded the now extinct language of the San Bushmen.
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== ''[[Hani]]''==
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Composed by [[Bongani Ndondana-Breen]], with a libretto by [[Mfundi Vundla]], tells of the assassination of Chris Hani in 1993.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 15:28, 20 February 2024

Five:20 Operas Made in SA is a showcase of five South African operas created for the South African College of Music (SACM)’s centenary in 2010 and presented by Cape Town Opera at the Baxter Theatre (21–27 November 2010).

The operas are:

For more information on each opera, see entries below.

Out of Time

Composed by Péter Louis van Dijk and directed by Geoffrey Hyland, is a brief journey by ‘Black Taxi’ through prejudice, miscommunication, greed and xenophobia.

Saartjie

Composed by Hendrik Hofmeyer and Fiona Herbst and directed by Geoffrey Hyland, imagines Saartjie Baartman in Paris on New Year’s Eve, 1815.

Tronkvoël

Composed by Martin Watt with librettist Alwyn Roux and directed by Marcus Desando, is inspired by an event that occurred during the imprisonment of South African poet, painter and freedom fighter Breyten Breytenbach.

Words from a Broken String

Music by Peter Klatzow, libretto by Michael Williams and directed by Geoffrey Hyland, tells the story of Lucy Lloyd, the nineteenth century linguist, who with her brother-in-law Wilhelm Bleek recorded the now extinct language of the San Bushmen.

Hani

Composed by Bongani Ndondana-Breen, with a libretto by Mfundi Vundla, tells of the assassination of Chris Hani in 1993.

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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