{"id":12,"date":"2011-03-27T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2013-01-20T23:04:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T21:04:22","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>About Sempre Opera<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sempre Opera is a professional, non-profit opera company devoted to create full length opera productions of exceptional artistic standard. We are committed to building a company with a reputation for presenting operas in a bid to make true opera accessible to South African audiences not only in the metros, but also in rural areas.<br \/>\n<strong>Vision<\/strong><br \/>\nTo create full length opera productions of exceptional artistic standard.<br \/>\n<strong>Mission<\/strong><br \/>\nTo create a platform through which opera can be promoted in all its forms throughout South Africa.<br \/>\n<strong>Objectives<\/strong><br \/>\nSempre Opera&#8217;s purpose is to:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Create an opportunity for established artists to practice their art form<br \/>\n&#8211; Create an opportunity for students of opera to build a repertoire<br \/>\n&#8211; Create an educational opportunity to involve local tertiary institutions&#8217; training students in opera opera theatre and related subject fields<br \/>\n&#8211; Promote opera as an art form<br \/>\n&#8211; Generate the community&#8217;s interest and encourage education in opera<br \/>\n&#8211; Educate and develop opera audiences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aims<\/strong><br \/>\nIn order to realize the above-mentioned objectives Sempre Opera has set the following aims:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Research, develop and maintain a &#8216;voice bank&#8217; of South African opera singers<br \/>\n&#8211; Set up and maintain a Trust Fund managed by reputable trustees<br \/>\n&#8211; Research, develop and execute a campaign to raise awareness for Sempre Opera&#8217;s objectives<br \/>\n&#8211; Establish and maintain relationships with sponsors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Sempre Opera Sempre Opera is a professional, non-profit opera company devoted to create full length opera productions of exceptional artistic standard. We are committed to building a company with a reputation for presenting operas in a bid to make true opera accessible to South African audiences not only in the metros, but also in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}