By A Colleague
South African opera shuts down
By Norman Lebrecht
March 6, 2018
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Sad message from Gauteng [Johannesburg] Opera which has trained a generation of South African singers:
Gauteng Opera has for the past 18 years worked to offer the Gauteng public as much opera and classical music as possible and in that time, we have also developed and trained over 150 singers, technical experts and arts administrators. We have managed to offer opera of the highest possible standard while investing in young talent.
Due to the prevailing socioeconomic environment, it has proven very difficult for Gauteng Opera to raise enough funds to cover all its operational needs. So, it is with a heavy heart that the board of Gauteng Opera has resolved to shut down the company and cease all operations by 31 March 2018….
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jerry pdx
ReplyDeleteMass stabbing in Vienna! A man, woman and their daughter are stabbed at a restaurant and then another person is stabbed shortly thereafter. Must be those Swedish immigrants at it again...nope, not this time, turns out to be one of Merkel's sons, police reportedly arrested a male Afghani citizen who somehow got to Vienna in order to demonstrate the blessings of diversity. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/four-people-including-three-members-of-one-family-seriously-hurt-in-knife-attacks-in-vienna-36681547.html
I had to search through about 20 stories before I finally found one that reported the assailant's nationality, I was almost ready to send this with the: Mass stabbing, let's play guess the ethnicity! First clue is: Mass stabbing attack, second is a man, wife and daughter, I'm guessing the daughter was very pretty, something about pretty white girls that causes Muslim males to go into a homicidal rage, they tend to be the majority of victims.
Everything in South Africa is slowly but surely going to shut down. Anything of value and which is good will just slowly fade away.
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