Johan Botha Gala Concert

Johan Botha Gala Concert

South Africa’s most famous vocal export, dramatic tenor Johan Botha is one of the world’s most sought-after singers, appearing regularly at the world’s great opera houses, including La scala, Covent Garden, the Berlin Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, the Liceu and the Vienna Staatsoper. With the greatest conductors of our day, including Abbado, Levine, Bychkov and Pappano, he has thrilled audiences around the globe with his masterly performances of the heavier Italian repertory, as well as the great Wagner and Strauss tenor roles.

For a one-night-only gala performance, Johan Botha returns to Gauteng, where he studied and made his stage debut (as Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz in Roodepoort in 1989). Conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing and including glorious Romantic repertoire by Verdi, Puccini and Wagner, this concert is a rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s foremost singers live on stage in Johannesburg.

The Johan Botha Gala Concert opens on 20 August at 20h00 at the Teatro at Monte Casino in Johannesburg.

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Programme

Johan Botha Gala Concert

Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg

20 August 2011

Artists : Johan Botha, Goitsemang Lehobye, Nozuko Teto, Violina Anguelov, Aubrey Lodewyk, Xolela Sixaba
Conductor : Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Chorus : Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Ensemble
Orchestra : KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

I vespri siciliani - Verdi
Overture - KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

La bohème - Puccini
Che gelida manina - Johan Botha
Si, mi chiamano Mimi - Goitsemang Lehobye
O soave fanciulla - Johan Botha and Goitsemang Lehobye

Pagliacci - Leoncavallo
Stridono lassù - Nozuko Teto

Don Carlo - Verdi
Preludio, introduzione e scena del Frate – Xolela Sixaba, Johan Botha, Aubrey Lodewyk, CTO Voice of the Nation Ensemble
Canzone del velo – Violina Anguelov, Nozuko Teto, CTO Voice of the Nation Ensemble
Scena, duetto e terzetto (Act 2 Scene 1) – Violina Anguelov, Johan Botha, Aubrey Lodewyk

Otello - Verdi
Willow Song & Ave Maria - Goitsemang Lehobye

Edgar - Puccini
Quest’ amor vergogna mia - Aubrey Lodewyk

Cavalleria rusticana - Mascagni
Intermezzo – KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Mamma, quel vino - Johan Botha


INTERVAL


Nabucco -Verdi
Overture – KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

Aida - Verdi
Celeste Aida – Johan Botha
Già i sacerdoti adunansi - Violina Anguelov & Johan Botha
Turandot - Puccini
Signore, ascolta – Goitsemang Lehobye
Nessun dorma – Johan Botha, CTO Voice of the Nation Ensemble

La favorita - Donizetti
O mio Fernando – Violina Anguelov

Die Fledermaus - Strauss
Overture – KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

Léhar Selection
Freude, das Leben ist lebenswert from Giuditta - Johan Botha
Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss from Giuditta – Nozuko Teto
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from Das Land des Lächelns - Johan Botha
Lippen Schweigen from Die lustige Witwe - Full Company

Please note casting and dates are subject to change without prior notice