WHAT'S ON – Opera
Five:20 Operas made in South Africa
Cape Town Opera, UCT Opera School and the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts present, in collaboration with the UCT Symphony Orchestra and with support from the Mellon Foundation
FIVE:20
OPERAS MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA
with a special guest performance of Fells's SUBLIMATION
21–27 November (Theatre)
South African composers and writers celebrate the South African College of Music's centenary year with five new 20-minute operas with plots based on Saartjie Baartman, Lucy Lloyd and the Bushmen, xenophobia, the assassination of Chris Hani and Breyten Breytenbach's prison poetry.
Hendrik Hofmeyr – SAARTJIE
Peter Klatzow – WORDS FROM A BROKEN STRING
Péter Louis van Dijk – OUT OF TIME
Bongani Ndodana-Breen – HANI
Martin Watt – TRONKVOËL
Directed by Marcus Desando and Geoffrey Hyland
Conducted by Kamal Khan
Designed by Michael Mitchell
Lighting design by Patrick Curtis
Featuring Cape Town Opera Studio members and students from the UCT Opera School.
Sung in Afrikaans, Xhosa, English and Zulu with English text projected above the stage.
Dates and Times:
Opens on Sunday, 21 November, at 18:00
Thereafter 23, 24, 26 and 27 November at 19:00
Prices: R150 and R100
Discounts:
Group bookings of 4 or more less 10%
Senior citizens and students with valid card less 50% on day of performance only
Booking opens on 21 August
