Open AccessDeon Opperman en Janine Neethling se Die Skepping — ’n Skouspel
Author(s) -
Annemie Stimie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
tydskrif vir letterkunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.15
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2309-9070
pISSN - 0041-476X
DOI - 10.4314/tvl.v50i2.13
Subject(s) - oratorio , art , musical , work (physics) , die (integrated circuit) , art history , theology , state (computer science) , visual arts , philosophy , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language
Deon Opperman (director and librettist) and Janine Neethling (composer) staged an Afrikaans oratorio called Die Skepping (“The Creation”) in the State Theatre, Pretoria in February 2013. They aimed to produce a work that has “classical integrity” and that remains musically accessible to listeners. The musical language and the commerciality of the production, however, raise questions about the work’s “classic” status.