CONF: "South African Opera and Globalisation (1994-2022)," Virtual, 12-13 May 2022
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Thursday, 12th May 2022
18.30: Panel Discussion with Jessica Nupen about her Dance|Rap|Opera The Nose (2021)
Friday, 13th May 2022
10.00: Welcome and Introduction
10.15-12.00: Panel 1: Opera Productions in and outside of South Africa
Dr. Melissa Gerber (University of Johannesburg, South Africa):
Opera in Afrikaans, Again, or, Re-making a Genre in South Africa: The Cases of Poskantoor (2014) and Die Vertrek (2019)
Dr. Andrew Holden (Oxford Brookes University, UK) and Alessandro Talevi: Emerging from the Forest: Cape Town Opera’s Pandemic Hänsel and Gretel
Dr. Robert Fokkens (Cardiff University, UK): Introducing Bhekizizwe: Models and Approaches for Creating New Opera in South Africa and Beyond
12.30-13.30: Panel 2: Mapping the Working Situation of South African Opera Singers
M.A. Sakhiseni Joseph Yende (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa):
A Perspective of Young Opera Graduates on their Working Situation in South African Opera Industry
B.A. Setsoane Jeannette Ntseki (University of Cape Town, South Africa):
Employment in the South African Opera Industry: In search of Constructive Models to Create Sustainable Job Opportunities for Opera Singers/Musicians
13.30-14.30: Panel 3: The South African Opera Voice in Discourse
Prof. Dr. Johann Buis (McGill University, Canada):
Midas Touch Voice Teacher: The Making of International Opera Superstars in Post-Apartheid South Africa
M.A. Joshua Tolulope David (University of Toronto, Canada): More Than Voices: An Analysis of Vocal Models in Operatic Tradition in Africa
15.30-17.00: Panel 4: Developments of the South African Opera Landscape
Dr. Tinus Spies (University of Pretoria):
The Gauteng Opera Scene 2012-2022: A Performer’s Perspective
Prof. Dr. Lena van der Hoven (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, University of Bern): The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pre-Existing Precarity of South Africa’s Opera Scene
Dr. Donato Somma (Witwatersrand University, South Africa):
The Changing Appetites for Opera in Post-Apartheid SA
17.00-17.30: Final Discussion
Please register for the panel discussion on the 12th May as well as for the symposium on the 13th May by contacting noemie.felber -at- unibe.ch and you will receive an email with the Zoom-link for the event.
Timezone: MESZ, UTC + 2h
18.30: Panel Discussion with Jessica Nupen about her Dance|Rap|Opera The Nose (2021)
Friday, 13th May 2022
10.00: Welcome and Introduction
10.15-12.00: Panel 1: Opera Productions in and outside of South Africa
Dr. Melissa Gerber (University of Johannesburg, South Africa):
Opera in Afrikaans, Again, or, Re-making a Genre in South Africa: The Cases of Poskantoor (2014) and Die Vertrek (2019)
Dr. Andrew Holden (Oxford Brookes University, UK) and Alessandro Talevi: Emerging from the Forest: Cape Town Opera’s Pandemic Hänsel and Gretel
Dr. Robert Fokkens (Cardiff University, UK): Introducing Bhekizizwe: Models and Approaches for Creating New Opera in South Africa and Beyond
12.30-13.30: Panel 2: Mapping the Working Situation of South African Opera Singers
M.A. Sakhiseni Joseph Yende (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa):
A Perspective of Young Opera Graduates on their Working Situation in South African Opera Industry
B.A. Setsoane Jeannette Ntseki (University of Cape Town, South Africa):
Employment in the South African Opera Industry: In search of Constructive Models to Create Sustainable Job Opportunities for Opera Singers/Musicians
13.30-14.30: Panel 3: The South African Opera Voice in Discourse
Prof. Dr. Johann Buis (McGill University, Canada):
Midas Touch Voice Teacher: The Making of International Opera Superstars in Post-Apartheid South Africa
M.A. Joshua Tolulope David (University of Toronto, Canada): More Than Voices: An Analysis of Vocal Models in Operatic Tradition in Africa
15.30-17.00: Panel 4: Developments of the South African Opera Landscape
Dr. Tinus Spies (University of Pretoria):
The Gauteng Opera Scene 2012-2022: A Performer’s Perspective
Prof. Dr. Lena van der Hoven (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, University of Bern): The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pre-Existing Precarity of South Africa’s Opera Scene
Dr. Donato Somma (Witwatersrand University, South Africa):
The Changing Appetites for Opera in Post-Apartheid SA
17.00-17.30: Final Discussion
Please register for the panel discussion on the 12th May as well as for the symposium on the 13th May by contacting noemie.felber -at- unibe.ch and you will receive an email with the Zoom-link for the event.
Timezone: MESZ, UTC + 2h
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Organiser and Contact:
Prof. Dr. Lena van der Hoven
Institute of Musicology
University Bern
lena.vanderhoven -at- unibe.c
Organiser and Contact:
Prof. Dr. Lena van der Hoven
Institute of Musicology
University Bern
lena.vanderhoven -at- unibe.c
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