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Elizabeth Frandsen |
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| Married Name |
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Elizabeth du Plessis |
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| Nationality |
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South African |
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| Date of Birth |
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23rd January 1974 |
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| Place of Birth |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Email |
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elizabeth@elizabethfrandsen.com
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| Description |
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Mezzo Soprano Opera Singer
Actress
Voice Artist
Repetiteur
Voice Teacher
Opera Director |
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| Education and
Training - |
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| Matriculation Certificate |
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National School of the Arts,
Johannesburg
Majoring Piano (Gr.8) & Organ (Gr.6) UNISA 1986 - 1991 |
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University of the
Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg |
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Diploma in Opera (1992 - 1993) including
Vocal training
Dramatic training
History of Opera
Stage technique |
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Course
in Opera -
Opernhaus of Zurich |
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Under the tutelage of -
Prof. Kurt Pahlen - History of Opera and Direction
Maestro Nello Santi - Conducting
Erkki Korhonen - Direction
Lodevico Zocche - Singing Technique
Maestro Sartoruis - Languages and Stage Technique
Gabriela Benachkova - Czech language pronunciation and
tutelage |
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| Vocal Training - |
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Joyce
Barker (1991) WITS University, Gauteng
Emma Renzi (1992 - 2001)
Zurich International Opera Studio (1998 - 2000) - |
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- Maestro Sartorius
- Madame Bartoli (mother of Cecelia Bartoli)
- Madame Elizabeth Schwartzkopf
- Signor Vincenzo La Scola
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| Technical
Training - |
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Zurich International Opera Studio (1998 - 2000) -
Opera Direction and Conducting |
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- Prof. Kurt Pahlen
- Erkki Korhonen
- Maestro Nello Santi
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| Dance and Dramatic Training
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Jean Beckley (Ballet)
Maishe Maponye - WITS University (1991 - 1992)
Ulrich Peter - Opernstudio, Zurich Opera House (1998 -
2000) |
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| Languages |
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Spoken - |
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Sung - |
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- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Czech
- Hungarian
- Swedish
- Afrikaans
- Some indigenous South African languages for the
South African 'Messiah' by Michael Masote
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| Performed Roles |
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Opera |
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- 2nd Woman - Dido Aeneas - Purcell
(English) 1991
- Lucy - The Telephone - Menotti (English)
1991
- Pamina - Die Zauberflote - Mozart
(German) 1996
Namibia Opera, Concert Master - Erich Binder
- Schwarzhilde - Die Rose vom Liebersgarten
- Pfitzner (German) 1999
Opernhaus Zurich, Cond. Franz Welser-Most, David
Pountney
- Madame Cortese - Il Viaggio a Reims -
Rossini (Italian)
Opernhaus Zurich, Cond. Erkki Korhonen, Ulrich Peter
- Carolina - Il Matrimonio Segreto -
Cimarosa (Italian)
State Theatre, Pretoria, Cond. Maestro C. Dowdeswell,
Christine Crouse
- Mimi - La Boheme - Puccini (Italian) 2000
Pro-Musica Theatre, SA Cond. Weiss Doubell
- Violetta - La Traviata - Verdi (Italian)
2001
Civic Theatre, JHB. Cond. Weiss Doubell, Johan Spies
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Oratorio - Solo Role |
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- Mezzo-Soprano - Stabat Mater - Rossini
(1996)
JPO, Colin Yorke
- Mezzo-Soprano - Gloria - Rutter (1996)
JPO, Colin Yorke
- Soprano - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Brahms
(1997)
JPO, Colin Yorke
- Soprano - Mass in G Minor - Vaughn
Williams (1997)
Holy Trinity, Colin Yorke
- Soprano - Messiah - Handel (1996, 1997)
- Soprano - Southern African Messiah -
Handel, Masote (2000) Michael Masote
- Soprano - Stabat Mater - Dvorak (1999)
Kirche Enge, Zurich, Alfred Rottenshweiler
- Soprano - Mass. Opus 86 - Dvorak (1999)
Alfred Rottenshweiler
- Soprano - Verdi 'Requiem' 1999 - Alfred
Rottenshweiller.
- Soprano - Mass in F Minor - Ratgeber
(1999)
Alfred Rottenshweiler
- Alto - Stabat Mater - Pergolesi (2001)
Ned. Ger. Kerk, Pretoria, Wim Viljoen
- Soprano - Petite Messe Solenelle -
Rossini (2000)
Wits Great Hall, Colin Yorke
- Alto - Mass in E Minor - Schubert (2003)
Cape Town City Hall, CPO
- Alto - Stabat Mater - Pergolesi (2005)
St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
- Alto - Requiem - Mozart (2006)
Cape Town City Hall, Cape Philharmonic, Philharmonia
Choir, Kaare Hanken
- 2nd Soprano and Contralto - Gloria -
Vivaldi (2006)
Cape Town City Hall, Cape Philharmonic, Philharmonia
Choir, Kaare Hanken
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Musical Theatre |
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- Sally Bowles - Cabaret - WITS (1995)
Hageman, Mony
- Eurydice - Orpheus in the Underworld -
Offenbach (1994) Mony
- Madame Giry - Phantom of the Opera -
Really Useful Theatre Group Inc. at Artscape, Cape
Town and State Theatre, Pretoria (2004) (209
performances), George Mitchie, Rainer Friede
- Parthy Anne Hawkes - Showboat - Cape Town
Opera, Den Norske Opera & Nurnberg Staatsoper (Other
role as ensemble - Landlady) April - September 2005,
Gunther Wallner
- Mrs Fraser - Stepping Out - Pieter
Toerien Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg and The
Theatre on the Bay, Cape Town. Director - Paul
Warwick-Griffin
- Jazz Concerts with piano at 'The Mixer',
Melville, 'Lucit Candles, Pretoria, 'Villa Pascal',
Durbanville, 'Dorp Street Theatre', Stellenbosch
- Baroque to Broadway - Villa Pascal, Dorp
Street Theatre and the Lindbergh Foundation,
Muizenberg.
A selection of Jazz, Opera and Musical numbers with
Rika Vermeulen at the piano.
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| Direction |
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Assistant Director to Mr Hans van
Heerden - Ballo in Maschera - Civic Theatre,
Johannesburg (2001) |
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| Teaching |
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- Voice teacher at Lonehill Crawford
College (2001)
- Senior Choir Mistress at Sweet Valley Primary, Cape Town
(2003)
- Choir Master for the Langa Community Choir, Cape Town
(2003)
- Private teacher and opera coach both in SA and
Switzerland to many amateur and professional singers
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| Awards |
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- Grant of R25 000 awarded
by the Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, 1998
- Study loan awarded by SAMRO of R30 000 for overseas
study, 1998
- OPSA - Opera South Africa - prize awarded in 1999
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| Concerts |
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- Solos and duets with the International Opera
Studio, Zurich in a Performance at the Summer Palace
on the Insel Mainau, Konstanz, Germany for Her
Excellency, the Countess Sonja of Sweden.
- Many solo concerts and recitals given in South
Africa and abroad with Piano or Orchestral
accompaniment, between 1992 - 2002.
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| Coaches |
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Galina Ryjikova - State
Theatre, Pretoria
Hans-Otto Ehrstrom - Opernhaus, Zurich (Sibelius
Institute, Helsinki)
Rogelio Raphel Riojas Nalasco - Opernhaus, Zurich
(Metropolitan Opera, NYC)
Siro Battaglin - Opernhaus, Zurich (Melbourne Opera,
Australia) |
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