Zanne Stapelberg

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Zanne Stapelberg
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Born
Zanne Stapelberg

(1977-08-12)12 August 1977
Bellville, Western Cape , South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Spouse(s)Johannes Frederick de Lange [1]
Alma mater Durbanville High School, Stellenbosch University
Known forOpera singer

Zanne Stapelberg (12 August 1977) is a South African musician. [2]

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Biography

Zanne Stapelberg was born in Bellville, in 1977, and grew up in the suburb of Durbanville. She matriculated on Durbanville High School. [3]

Education

Stapelberg began her operatic training at the Conservatoire of Stellenbosch University (with Magdalena Oosthuizen) and graduated in 1998 with a degree in Music and English Literature. The university also awarded her with various academic achievement and singing bursaries. In 1999 she obtained her Higher Licentiate in Musical Performance Cum Laude.

Professional life

In 2000, Stapelberg became a member of the Cape Town Opera Studio. In 2001 she received the Best Young Opera Singer Award from the Cape Town Friends of the Opera. [4]

Operatic roles include Angelica in Suor Angelica , [5] Mimì in Puccini's La bohème , [6] Nella in Gianni Schicchi , [7] Ilia in Mozart's, [8] Idomeneo , Marguerite in Gounod's, [9] Faust , Handel's Alcina , and Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte . [10]

Her oratorio repertoire includes Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Gloria , Haydn's Die Schöpfung , Mozart's Dixit Dominus and Requiem , Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem , Dvořák's Requiem , Carla in William Kentridge's Confessions of Zeno, composed by Kevin Volans, as well as the Aqua Opera at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in 2003 and 2004.

Other stage performances include Marthinus Basson's staging of Stravinsky's Pulcinella .

Stapelberg has collaborated with South African composer Hendrik Hofmeyr, on his Byzantium for soprano and orchestra, The Death of Cleopatra and various of his song cycles. One of them, Die Stil Avontuur, comprising settings of works by South African poet, Elisabeth Eybers, was composed specifically for Stapelberg's voice.

She received the Kanna Award for Best Classical Production in 2014 at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, together with the Odeion String Quartet. [11]

Apart from her operatic and concert performances, Stapelberg is also involved in various creative stage projects with her company Long Tall Women Productions; in 2006 she launched her opera-cabaret, Zanne. [12]

Discography

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References

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  2. "South African musicians list" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. "Zanne Stapelberg (matriek 1995) –die vrou met die engelstem (Translated: Zanne Stapelberg (matric 1995) – the woman with the voice on an angel" (PDF). Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. "Uitkyk Hosts Zanne Stapelberg and New York's Kathleen Tagg in "Celebration of Song" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "Klassieke klanke: Zanne Stapelberg (Translated Classical Sounds)" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. "La Bohème" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  7. "Zanne Stapelberg and Albert Combrink performing at "Opera in a Convent". 19 January 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  8. "Spieël Speel met Kathleen Tagg en Zanne Stapelberg (translated Mirror play with Kathleen Tagg and Zanne Stapelberg" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. "Opera in hell". 19 September 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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  12. "George Arts Theatre Programme of Events" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  13. "Soul of Fire" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. "Zanne Stapelberg to perform in two opera galas" . Retrieved 23 April 2018.