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Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African

December 01, 2023
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By Wayne Muller Many people thought that classical opera in South Africa – regarded as a western, colonial art form that was the preserve of white people during apartheid – would die with democracy in 1994. Instead the opposite happened. Black singers emerged as the new stars and the format of opera began to be

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