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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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== Career == | == Career == | ||
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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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| − | + | ===As composer=== | |
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| + | He composed the operettas (presented by [[UCT Opera Company]]): | ||
| + | * ''[[Die Noodsein]]'' (1975) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Contract]]'' (1973), | ||
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| + | He composed several works on commission for [[CAPAB]], including | ||
| + | * ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Francis]]'' | ||
| + | ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. | ||
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| + | Works for [[Cape Town Opera]]: | ||
| − | + | * ''[[Macbeth]]'' (directed by [[Brett Bailey]]) (2001), van Dijk 'Africanised' the score. | |
| + | * ''[[earthdiving]]'' (2003) (a techno-opera composed by [[Mokale Koapeng]] with [[Péter Louis van Dijk]] and [[Martin Phipps]], with text by [[Nancy Duigud]] and [[Nan Hamilton]]). | ||
| + | ===As musical director=== | ||
| + | * ''[[Fiela se Kind]]'', 1986. | ||
| + | == Awards, etc == | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 27 February 2024
(19**-2***) Music director, composer.
Contents
Biography
Training
B.Mus.
Career
Since 1984 he was assistant Music Manager at CAPAB.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As composer
He composed the operettas (presented by UCT Opera Company):
- Die Noodsein (1975)
- The Contract (1973),
He composed several works on commission for CAPAB, including
Works for Cape Town Opera:
- Macbeth (directed by Brett Bailey) (2001), van Dijk 'Africanised' the score.
- earthdiving (2003) (a techno-opera composed by Mokale Koapeng with Péter Louis van Dijk and Martin Phipps, with text by Nancy Duigud and Nan Hamilton).
As musical director
- Fiela se Kind, 1986.
Awards, etc
Sources
Fiela se Kind theatre programme, 1986.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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