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Author of Opera in Cape Town: The Critic’s Voice; Dr Wayne Muller recently launched his book which was ideally just going to be a thesis as part of his PhD in Musicology.
Dr Muller writes about how opera critics have shaped audiences’ ideas of especially the “Africanisation” of opera during the post- apartheid period.
The George-born former journalist told the Weekend Argus that his mission was to piece together the thesis while he studied at Stellenbosch University (SU) since 2013.
Dr Muller, who has a keen interest in music, started playing the piano and organ from a young age and followed a path in the local music industry with an extra attention on operatic singing and