Its composer says the Oscar opera will challenge audiences with things they have never heard before
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Mozart’s opera about an 18th century playboy bears a strange resemblance to the Tinder Swindler
Opera is about so much more than vocally gifted people singing in a foreign language — the genre has notched up a few scandals and interesting titbits in its 400-plus years.
Opening one’s mind to new artistic disciplines could provide enlightenment to glorious new pursuits.
South Africa’s Embassy in Italy hosts Rome Opera Ensemble concerts in Johannesburg and Cape Town to celebrate Italian Republic Day.
I started singing formally in 2003. Before that I was in the school choir. I came to visit family in Cape Town, and by luck I met people who were opera singers. They encouraged me to audition for the Cape Town Opera, and that is how it started. It was not always easy. I went […]
Tumi Mogorosi’s album, Project Elo, brings together the eloquent sounds of accomplished jazz musicians and opera singers.
M&G readers speak their minds about policies against European culture in the arts and EFF commissar Andile Mngxitama’s open letter to Richard Branson.
The National Lotteries Board allocation of R2.86-million for the production about Nelson Mandela’s life is enough for just three nights on stage.
According to the producer of "Madiba: The African Opera" there are no funds because the Lotto did not pay out the promised amount.
"Madiba, the African Opera" premiers at the Pretoria State Theatre on Friday May 23 2014. The production runs until June 1 2014.
Cape Town Opera is receiving flak from funders for taking its singers abroad, despite its successes there.
William Kentridge discusses his love of music, his fusion of art and opera, and the ?spin-offs from that.
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is the story of the conflict between England’s Elizabeth I and her rival, Mary, Queen of Scots.
South Africa does not offer many opportunities to kick-off a career in opera but this has not stopped home-grown soprano Elza van den Heever.
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The Metropolitan Opera’s production of ‘Les Troyens’, currently showing at Ster Kinekor’s Cinema Nouveau, could not have been better cast.
Aida, the latest in the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series, is as magnificent on screen as it is in the theatre.
The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series returns to Cinema Nouveau with an inspired and audacious work.
Ster-Kinekor has announced its fourth season of filmed National Theatre and Metropolitan Opera performances. We have double tickets to give away.
The creator of the operetta The Flower of Shembe says it offers a chance to enter a space of hope.
A festival in Cape Town is using baroque opera to
bring classical music to local communities.
<b>Barbara Ludman</b> reviews Philip Glass’s <i>Satyagraha</i>, currently showing at Cinema Nouveau.
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/ 29 November 2011
<b>Barbara Ludman</b> reviews Wagner’s
<em>Siegfried</em>, currently showing as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s Live series at Cinema Nouveau.
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/ 27 September 2011
Opera composed by a Polish Jew and based on a survivor’s novel makes its British debut.
Devotees of soprano Renée Fleming might want to take a look at <em>Capriccio</em>, currently showing at all Cinema Nouveaus
Beyond historical fact lies the simple story of a real life personality.
Opera Africa is helping to keep the flame of opera burning in South Africa with its first offering for 2011, George Bizet’s <em>Carmen.</em>
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/ 23 September 2009
Soprano opera artist Loveline Madumo, one of the first black opera singers in Suth Africa, was first exposed to classical music by Bernard, her violin
Warren Foster looks at <i>Operamania</i>, a new young, energetic show with a need for nudity.