Johan Botha RIP

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  • underthecountertenor
    Full Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 1583
    #1

    Johan Botha RIP

    I learned on In Tune this afternoon the sad news that has died at the age of 51. He was apparently suffering from cancer, but appeared to be in remission: he sang Siegmund in July and sang as recently as 3 weeks ago for a cancer charity gala in Cape Town. A very sad loss at such a young age. His size perhaps prevented him from being the most natural of actors, but he was a fine singer - I last heard him as part of a wonderful cast for a memorable Frau Ohne Schatten at the ROH in 2014.

    RIP
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  • underthecountertenor
    Full Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 1583
    #2
    Here is the ROH tribute. http://www.roh.org.uk/news/johan-botha-obituary

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163
      #3
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26455
        #4
        That is sad news indeed - a great voice, I heard him in the earlier Die Frau ohne S. under Dohnanyi 15 years ago, and in other things besides (e.g. Das Lied von der Erde, I think - though I can't recall where or when). A real ringing purity to the sound he made - rare, and will be much missed.

        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Richard Tarleton
          #5
          Indeed - I saw him in the 2009 Lohengrin mentioned in the ROH tribute. Wonderful voice. 51 - very sad.

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          • Petrushka
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 12163
            #6
            Botha was Solti's tenor soloist in that unforgettable Beethoven 9 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Proms in 1996, also Solti's last Prom. This was the only time I saw him.

            Caliban might be thinking of a Proms Das Lied in 2008 under Runnicles which I think ended up on a BBC MM CD.
            "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163
              #7
              Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
              Caliban might be thinking of a Proms Das Lied in 2008 under Runnicles which I think ended up on a BBC MM CD.
              It certainly was - Vol 18, No2 (with Karen Cargill the Mezzo).
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • Colonel Danby
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 356
                #8
                I too was there for that Prom in 1996, when Solti conducted Beethoven 9 in the Albert Hall, with Botha as tenor soloist, and a wonderful first half of Bruckner motets under Jane Glover. A great concert. Otherwise, my increasingly distracted brain leads me to recall no other concerts that I attend with him, but I'm sure I did

                Anyway, to lose a talent at such an early age is very sad.

                RIP Johan

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26455
                  #9
                  Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
                  Caliban might be thinking of a Proms Das Lied in 2008 under Runnicles which I think ended up on a BBC MM CD.
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • underthecountertenor
                    Full Member
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 1583
                    #10
                    to Johan, and to you all.

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