Bizet) – Frasquita Martha (Friedrich von Flotow) – Martha Mignon (Ambroise Thomas) – Philine La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi) – Violetta I Pagliacci (Ruggiero Leoncavallo) – Nedda Arabella (Richard Strauss) – Fiaker-Milli Bastien und Bastienne (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – Bastienne The Merry Widow (Franz Lehár) – Hanna Glawari Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti) – Lucia Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II) – Rosalinde L'heure espagnole (Maurice Ravel) – Concepcion, staging Otto Schenk Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – Donna Elvira La bohème (Giacomo Puccini) – Musetta Norma (Vincenzo Bellini) – Norma Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – Fiordiligi Falstaff (Giuseppe Verdi) – Mrs. Alice Ford Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) – Liu, a young slave Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – Donna Anna Die schweigsame Frau (Richard Strauss) – Aminta, Timida 1968 Premiere Vienna State Opera, staging Hans Hotter Die ägyptische Helena (Richard Strauss) – Aithra Daphne (Richard Strauss) – Daphne Don Carlos (Giuseppe Verdi) – Elisabeth von Valois Later years Since returning to South Africa in 1973, she has been a regular guest on South African stages and also a frequent broadcaster on radio and television. She returned to the Vienna State Opera for a single farewell performance as Elisabetta in Don Carlo on 14 December 1978. In recent years, she has devoted her time to exposing young South African singers to the neglected art of Lieder singing which can be artistically even more demanding than opera singing. Her support for her fellow South African musicians has been outstanding – as may be witnessed in her Debut with Mimi and through the Mimi Coertse Bursary. In 1996, Austria's Federal Ministry for Science and Art awarded her the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (Austrian Honour, first class) honour, the highest honour an artist can receive in that country. In 1998, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria and another in 2013 from the Unisa. In 2002 she would receive the Golden Rathausmann from the mayor of Vienna. In 1998, Coertse and Neels Hansen founded The Black Tie Ensemble, a development project which enables young, classically trained singers to bridge the gap between training and professional performance. This project has developed into the most exciting classical singing ensemble in South Africa, and is now on the brink of becoming a vibrant, new, young opera company. A project for future stars of Africa! The Ensemble, sponsored by Sappi, performs operas at