the Arts Centre

The first concert features favourite operatic scenes and arias, and includes the full concert suite from the company’s famed rendition of Porgy and Bess.  The second concert has an African theme, with excerpts from the Mandela Trilogy – a musical tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela – presented alongside the popular African Sanctus.

As a company renowned for its commitment to meaningful education and community outreach initiatives, Cape Town Opera will also work with musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music to present an additional special daytime concert.

Gala Concert 1 - Friday 7 September 2012

Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Soloists: Arlene Jaftha, Violina Anguelov, Siphamandla Yakupa, Gloria Bosman
Derick Ellis, Tshepo Moagi, Aubrey Lodewyk, Owen Metsileng, Xolela Sixaba,
Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Chorus

First Half – Verdi (52 minutes)
1. Overture (La Forza del Destino)                   
2. Rataplan (La Forza del Destino)                   
3. Preludio, Scena del Frate e Duetto (Don Carlo – 5 ACT version)   
4. Canzone nel Velo (Don Carlo)               
5. Va Pensiero e Profezia (Nabucco)               
6. Fuoco di Gioia (Otello)                       
7. Witches Chorus (Macbeth)                   
8. Orrore! … Schiudi inferno (Macbeth)           

Interval (20 minutes)

Second Half – Gershwin (40 minutes)
Porgy & Bess Concert Suite


Gala Concert 2 - Sunday 9 September 2012
Conductor: Albert Horne

First Half - African Sanctus (58 minutes)
David Fanshawe

Interval (20 minutes)

Second Half - Mandela Trilogy (52 minutes)
Allan Stephenson      (Act 1 excerpt)
Mike Campbell          (Act 2 excerpt)
Peter Louis van Dijk   (Act 3 excerpt)

Free foyer concert with ANAM
Join us for a free foyer concert on Saturday 8 September at 12.30pm of Cape Town Opera artists with musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Quintet: Don Basilio!...Cosa veggo!...Quale intoppo! (Il barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini)
Act II Finale: from Escio mai, garzon malnato! (Le nozze di Figaro – Mozart)

Stalls Foyer, Hamer Hall.
No booking required.