Jeanette Bezuidenhout
Jeanette Bezuidenhout (?-) is a soprona.
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Biography
Jeanette Bezuidenhout, lyric coloratura soprano, hails from Pretoria. She commenced vocal tuition with Aimée Parkerson in 1957 and continued her private studies with Albrecht Lewald. In 1961 she continued her studies with Erna Berger in Hamburg, whereupon she was contracted to the opera house of Oberhausen in 1966. She sang as chorister and soloist at the Volksoper in Vienna, and ended her ten-year stay in Europe in Detmold, where she sang the roles of Lucia, Musetta, and Susanna and all three soprano roles in Les contes d’Hoffmann.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She returned to South Africa in 1971 and took up a permanent position with PACOFS, undertaking many tours through the Orange Free State.
Sources
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow[1]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.[2]
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