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Yende Shows Why She’s So Feted
There can be few lovers of the vocal arts in Cape Town who are not aware of the spectacular achievements of Pretty Yende, who won first prize at three prestigious international competitions – Vienna’s Belvedere, Barcelona’s Monserrat Caballe and the inaugural Savonlina – over the past two years, writes DEON IRISH.
This recital at the City
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Musa’s off to the USA
Bass baritone Musawenkosi Ngqungwana, who audiences will remember as Don Profondo in Rossini’s ‘Il Viaggio a Reims” and the quack Doctor Dulcamara in “L’elisir d’amore”, is set to extend his international experience by spending three years as a resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia from September.
The programme offers him the
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Second Annual WBHO Kaminski Bursary – Audition Notice
April 10, 2010;
Cape Town Opera announces auditions for the 2nd Annual WBHO/Jan Kaminski Bursary Fund, which provides financial assistance to singers who wish to further their studies overseas. read more »
Cape Town Opera’s First book launched at the Centre for the Book (Fiona Chisholm)
Ian Neilson, the Executive Deputy Mayor the City of Cape Town revealed that the City has committed itself to a three-year partnership with Cape Town Opera "to ensure the further support of the development and promotion of opera in the city".
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The Art and the Passion
This week Cape Town Opera (CTO) launches its first book “The Art and the Passion” – a photographic record capturing some of those special behind-the-scenes glimpses of its productions staged in Cape Town, Malmö and Cardiff during 2009.
Comprising months of hard work by CTO’s Business Development Manager Adriaan Fuchs, the idea for a book celebrating
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Cape Town Opera launched its 2010 season
Cape Town Opera launched its 2010 season in style on Wednesday February 10 with GM Michael Williams announcing that the company was poised to show a ”truly operatic welcome” to the unprecedented number of foreigners and tourists to Cape Town during the Soccer World Cup.
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