Cape Town Opera

Back to 2010, A time when Madiba was still alive, a time when SA hosted the soccer world cup & a time when Mandela Trilogy: a tribute in song to Mandela, was still titled African songbook. Don’t miss it in 2018. https://youtu.be/JTlHcsnC5r4

Four South African Opera singers are currently in Latvia competing in the 2018 International Hans Gabor Singing Competition. Cape Town Opera’s Young Artists Martin Mkhize and Frances du Plessis, UCT Opera School alumni Bongiwe Nakani and Ané Pretorius as well as Thando Zwane, former TUT opera student reached the competition’s…

Mandela Day is only 6 weeks away, you may want to celebrate it in song at Artscape at a performance of Mandela Trilogy – meet the conductor Tim Murray and secure your ticket HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYnMnlkACWU

  Apply for the position of CTO’s Managing Director. Apply Here      AND, To secure your SEASON TICKET. Don’t miss out, Book here

CTO’s July to December 2018 season tickets are now on sale.  Our early bird special, available only up until 31 May 2018, offers you a substantially discounted season ticket at just R950 (normal price R1235). Click here to book  Bookings for individual tickets can be made at Computicket outlets and…

Cape Town Opera’s Youth Development and Education team will stage Don Pasquale at Masiphatisane Primary School in Vredenburg, on Tuesday 15 May and at St Mary’s Primary School in Retreat, on Friday 18 May.  Cape Town Opera singers, Nkululeko Masuku, Lunga Hallam, Luvo Rasemeni, Jodie Khan, Martin Mkhize and Thando…

Christiaan Harris, CTO’s Design Assistant funded by the Western Cape Government’s EPWP program, will be visiting the Bayreuth Festival in Germany for two months from 28 May to work as an intern in the festival wardrobe for the production Lohengrin. ‘In addition to this internship, I have been approached by…

The past two quarters have been challenging ones for the opera industry in South Africa, with the imminent closure of Gauteng Opera throwing a harsh spotlight onto the need for more sustained financial support for our professional companies, our training institutions, and our emerging singers. And while the economic climate…