Cape Town Opera Announces 2025 Season - OperaWire
1 day ago · This production will feature a chorus of 56 singers and dancers, with U.S.-based conductor Kamal Khan leading the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. ... Making his Cape Town Opera debut, Britain’s Got Talent finalist and former Cape Town Opera Young Artist Innocent Masuku joins the cast and Sylvaine Strike conducts. Performance Dates: August 5 ...
Voices of change: Cape Town Opera celebrates 25 years of South …
Aug 10, 2024 · Much of the change has been driven by the 25-year-old Cape Town Opera, which is considered Africa's most successful company. The grandfather of it all is Italian-born Angelo Gobbato, a former singer who co-founded the company five years after apartheid ended and was honoured in March with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to ...
'I still pinch myself': Getting to know Cape Town's opera ... - News24
Dec 6, 2024 · Cape Town opera singer and stage performer Brittany Smith has had an eventful year, filled with top-notch productions and personal highlights.
South Africa makes opera its own at home as its stars ... - Cape …
Aug 3, 2024 · South African opera has developed its own uniquely local style – both in the make-up of its casts and its dramatic themes – in the three decades since the end of apartheid, experts argue.
The Pearl Fishers - Cape Town Opera
The prospect of a bright future is writ large for the gifted young South African opera singer, Reuben Mbonambi, who recently completed his National Diploma in Opera at Cape Town University Opera School.
Brittany Smith - Soprano - Cape Town Opera
Since becoming a Cape Town Opera Soloist, Brittany has performed the role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro as well as Adina in the touring production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. In 2022 she was listed as one of the Mail and Guardian South Africa’s top 200 Young South Africans.
South Africa makes opera its own at home as its stars shine abroad
Aug 2, 2024 · With South African stars shining on the international stage, opera has boomed since racial barriers were scrapped in 1994, drawing in talent from the country’s great choral traditions to carve...
Home - Cape Town Opera
Cape Town Opera gives to audiences – both at home and abroad the opportunity to experience that wonderful South African sound, what a gift!” – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu “Cape Town Opera’s Chorus was the best I have encountered – better than …
Two South African opera singers vie for glory in Operalia
Nov 3, 2023 · Two South African opera singers have made it to the finals of Operalia, one of the most prestigious opera competitions in the world, held in Cape Town. Nombulelo Yende, the younger sister of Pretty Yende, and Siphokazi Molteno, will perform at the Final Gala Concert on Sunday, 5 November.
Pretty Yende - Wikipedia
Pretty Yende OIS (born 6 March 1985) is a South African operatic coloratura soprano. [1] . She has performed leading roles at opera houses internationally, including La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. She performed at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.