Maria "Mimi" Coertse, a world-renowned South African opera singer, has sadly passed away According to a statement from a loved one, the singer died at her home, with her death sparking widespread ...

South African opera singer Mimi Coertse died on Monday night at the age of 93. “It is with great sadness that we inform all who loved her that our Mimi passed away peacefully in her sleep last night,” ...

Pretoria’s own living opera legend Mimi Coertse is turning 92 on June 12. Coertse was South Africa’s first operatic prima donna. For 17 years she held that position in Vienna, where she reigned as the ...

South African opera star Mimi Coertse, who received wide international acclaim, has died peacefully at her home in Pretoria. Friend Lizet du Plessis said: “It is with great sadness to share with ...

Cape Town – The veteran opera singer Mimi Coertse is set to make her big screen debut just five months before her 80th birthday. "Fame at last!" Coertse joked. During the 1950's Coertse enjoyed ...

Maria Sophia Coertse, one of the 20th century’s most distinguished coloratura sopranos and a cultural figure as deeply woven into the South African imagination as the veld itself, has died aged 93.