Live performance of Adina's Sleepwalking aria from Bellini's "La Sonnambula" as part of the production "Waansin" (madness) at the US Woordfees and National Arts Festival (South Africa) in 2015. Director: Jaco Bouwer Choreography: Ina Wichterich Arrangement and Musical Director: José Dias Set: Nadine & Louis Minnaar (Scene Visual Productions) Lighting Designer: Wolf Britz Costumes: Juanita Kotze Soprano: Magdalene Minnaar Dancer: Martin van Heerden Piano: José Dias Flute: Louisa Theart Cello: Ariella Caira Archival Footage © Biblioteek Productions

Soprano: Magdalene Minnaar Piano: Ben Schoeman Recorded remotely during Lockdown, Covid-19 Pandemic, April 2020 in London, UK and Pretoria, South Africa. The song, ‘Pesach’ refers to the Jewish Passover that is remembered during the months of late March / early April each year. It is a song about fear of the unknown. The background of the piece is concerned with an allusionary repurposing of the exodus story. The entire world, in 2020, is faced with a global plague, like those ancient plagues of Egypt recounted in the exodus; We are all confined inside of our homes just like those ancient Israelites who had to wait for the darkness to ‘passover.’ Of course, secondary themes are applicable as people question the ‘unbending’ regulations placed on us by our respective governing bodies which draws uncanny similarity to the lines about Pharaoh. The timing of the quarantine over the Pesach and the Good Friday/Easter season, with its themes of darkness, death and fear. Of course, themes of hope, salvation and rebirth are also juxtaposed and wonderfully expressed in the cultural consciousness; These are human stories that we can all relate to, and in this spirit the song ‘Pesach’ is composed as a ‘psychological snapshot’ of what many of us felt at the onset of the pandemic. פֶּסַח (text adapted from Exodus and the Gospel Accounts by Jonathan M. Blair) Darkness spreads over these nations And Pharaoh’s heart will not bend. Terror cries out from this people, (Their)Prophets sing songs of the end. Speak to the children of this generation; Instruct them to cloak themselves inside their homes At midnight I will rain death from heavens throne... Unless the blood! Let this cup Passover me; why has thou forsaken me? Let this cup Passover me. Into thy hands I commit my...

Josh Ansley and opera singer Magdalene Minnaar offer a breathtaking rendition of “Barcelona” by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe. The Voice SA - Sundays at 17:30 on M-Net channel 101 Official Site: http://www.mnet.tv/thevoice Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voicesa/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voicesa/ #TheVoiceSA Twitter: https://twitter.com/VoiceSA #TheVoiceSA Team Hashtags: #TeamLira, #TeamKahn, #TeamKaren, #TeamBobby WeChat ID: MNetTV - http://wechatsa.com/mnet/ App: M‐Net and The Voice SA app iOS: https://appsto.re/za/nwco_.i Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talpa.thevoice.southafrica

Beau Soir by Claude Debussy - performed as part of a concept concert “Nocturne” by Biblioteek Productions. Magdalene Minnaar - Soprano Jose Dias - Piano Video by Biblioteek Productions © 2016 (www.biblioteek.co.za)

Björk's "Bachelorette" arr. Franco Prinsloo live at Youngblood Arts & Culture for Co/Mission Magdalene Minnaar - Soprano & small percussion Magda de Vries - Marimba Frank Mallows - Vibraphone Franco Prinsloo - Percussion Sound: Resonate Audio Biblioteek Productions

Music video by Louis Minnaar. Vocals: Magdalene Minnaar Music by: Louis Minnaar Produced by: Peach van Pletzen The first video from MiNNAAR's debut 5 track EP "Volcano". Twitter: @minnaarband

Song to the Moon "Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém" - Dvořák (Magdalene Minnaar- Soprano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor K 626 Magdalene Minnaar (soprano) Kathy Neuland (mezzo); Nicholas Nicolaidis (tenor) Ferdinand Liebenberg (baritone) Chanticleer Singers under Richard Cock The Chamber Singers under Michael Barrett Johannesburg Festival Orchestra Ekkehard Klemm (conductor) 0:41 INTROITUS: REQUIEM 5:31 KYRIE 7:41 DIES IRAE 9:26 TUBA MIRUM 12:45 REX TREMENDAE 14:34 RECORDARE 19:30 CONFUTATIS 21:40 LACRYMOSA 24:50 DOMINE JESU 28:11 HOSTIAS 31:32 SANCTUS 33:17 BENEDICTUS 38:25 AGNUS DEI 41:11 LUX ETERNAE Live recording: 27 January 2015 JOHANNESBURH INTERNATIONAL MOZART FESTIVAL Linder Auditorium Video Production by ENABA PRODUCTIONS