Jossie Boshoff
Jossie Boshoff (1918-) was an opera singer and teacher.
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Biography
Jossie (Josina Wilhelmina) Boshoff, who was married to the well-known South African conductor Anton Hartman, was born in Philippolis in the Orange Free State in 1918. She started broadcasting in 1935 and appeared in major cities and towns in South Africa in concerts and opera. From 1950 to 1952 she furthered her studies in Vienna under Maria Hittorff. Returning to South Africa in 1952 she played an active part in the revival of opera in the fifties and thereafter.
She retired in 1970 for health reasons.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She sang in operas by Mozart, Menotti, Puccini, Verdi and Bellini, among others. Some highlights were the roles Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and the Queen of the Night (DieZauberflöte). She sang under conductors such as Sir Malcom Sargent and Jascha Horenstein and broadcast for the BBC and in the Netherlands. Boshoff also excelled in oratorio and in the interpretation of lieder and Afrikaans songs.
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 Unpublished Masters thesis.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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