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Il Trovatore: A Night of Opera at Cape Town City Hall
Join us on 26th June at Cape Town City Hall for a rare performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore, featuring Opera UCT and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. This concert marks the first staging of the opera in two decades, promising an unforgettable evening of music and drama.
COMPETITION: Opera UCT Stages Britten’s Chilling Masterpiece The Turn of the Screw at the Baxter
Opera lovers are in for a spine-tingling treat this November as Opera UCT presents Benjamin Britten’s operatic thriller The Turn of the Screw.
The Cango Cave tour guide who wows the crowds with opera performances
Leigh-Ann Coetzee, a tour guide at the Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn, often wows visitors with spellbinding operatic performances.
Dalinda is Opera UCT’s bold departure from traditional period costume design
With ‘Dalinda’ being fully staged for the first time, it offers a rare opportunity for creative costume design.
World premiere staging of Dalinda, the ‘Lost Opera’ to be performed in Cape Town
Opera UCT will present the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's long-lost opera, ‘Dalinda’, at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.
Opera UCT’s Season launch and announcement of a world premiere on the diary for 2024
Opera UCT’s director, Professor Jeremy Silver explains how the re-branding and re-launching of the school’s professional-level performance company as a production house in 2023 is reshaping their future.
Operalia competition announces its winners at gala finale
Bass Stephano Park and soprano Julie Roset won first prize for the best male and the best female voice at the gala finale of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia in Cape Town on Sunday at Artscape.
Cape Town Opera hits high notes at cultural awards event
On the eve of their opening of the Italian comedy opera “L’elisir d’amore” at Theatre on the Bay, Cape Town Opera celebrated two awards at the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport 2022 Cultural Affairs Awards held at Artscape on Wednesday.
Former ‘SA’s Got Talent’ winner James Bhemgee dies
James Bhemgee, 57, died in hospital after a short illness, sources close to the family said on Wednesday.
Tenors sing in Women’s Month concert
Leading KZN classical pianist Chris Duigan hosting two weekly live stream concerts