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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
Mvinjelwa  has sung major roles in operas such as ''[[Rigoletto]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Faust]]''. Mvinjelwa is also an advocate of new and local opera and has sung a number of roles in contemporary opera such as the story teller in ''[[Masque]]'', Enoch in [[Roelof Temmingh]]’s opera ''[[Enoch, Prophet of God]]'' and also King Dinuzulu in ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' by [[Mzilikazi Khumalo]].
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Mvinjelwa  has sung major roles in operas such as ''[[Fidelio]]'' (2004), ''[[Rigoletto]]'', ''[[Nabucco]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Faust]]''.  
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Mvinjelwa is also an advocate of new and local opera and has sung a number of roles in contemporary opera such as:
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* Enoch in [[Roelof Temmingh]]’s opera ''[[Enoch, Prophet of God]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Sacred Bones]]'' (1997)
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* ''[[Buchuland]]'' (1998)
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* ''[[Love and Green Onions]]'' (2001)
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* King Dinuzulu in ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' by [[Mzilikazi Khumalo]] (2002)
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* the story teller in ''[[Masque]]'' (2005)
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* Mpande  in ''[[Ziyankomo and the Forbidden Fruit]]'' (2012)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 16:52, 17 June 2025

Fikile Mvinjelwa (?-) is an opera singer.

Biography

Training

Career

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

Mvinjelwa has sung major roles in operas such as Fidelio (2004), Rigoletto, Nabucco, Tosca and Faust.

Mvinjelwa is also an advocate of new and local opera and has sung a number of roles in contemporary opera such as:

Sources

Hilde Roos. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. Stellenbosch University.

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