De Jager, Salomon van Niekerk2010-06-302010-06-302010-06-30http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8245MA Faculty of Humanities, Univerasity of the Witwatersrand, 2009.The aim of this research report will be to determine: The repositioning of opera as a genre in the Free State to ensure its survival; Intended and / or unintended consequences of The White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage, 4 June 1996, that sanctioned the survival of opera in the Free State.entransforming operaThesis