WHAT'S ON – Opera
UCT Opera School, in collaboration with Cape Town Opera, presents
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Stravinsky)
30 August – 3 September (Theatre)
Conductor: Kamal Khan
Director: Matthew Wild
Set design: Tina Driedijk
Costume design: Maritha Visagie
Lighting design: Kobus Rossouw
UCT Symphony Orchestra
One of the most performed operas written since World War II, Stravinsky's wacky neoclassical masterpiece The Rake's Progress, which tracks a young rake's entertaining fall from grace with Mozartian wit and brilliance, will receive its belated African premiere in this co-production by Cape Town Opera and the UCT Opera School, in a staging which reunites key members of the creative team behind 2010's colourful Il Viaggio a Reims. Under the spirited baton of Kamal Khan, this imaginative new production will feature a witty mash-up of 18th-century and contemporary imagery, wtih choreography by Sean Bovim.
Not suitable for children under 13
Dates and Times:
Opens on Tuesday, 30 August, at 19:30
Thereafter 31 August – 3 September at 19:30
Schools performances at 11:00 on 31 August and 1 September
Prices:
Tuesday,, Friday and Saturday R200, R150
Wednesday and Thursday R100 and R150
Discounts:
Students and senior citizens less 50% from 12:00 on the day of the performance at Baxter box office only
Block bookings of 8 or more less 10%
Book online through Computicket.
