Cape Town Opera
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After a successful German tour in autumn 2017, Cape Town Opera return to Germany in September 2019. This time, five talents who have won numerous awards at various singing competitions perform a programme titled »The Best of African Music, Oper(etta), Musical« at four fundraising concerts in Germany. These singers demonstrate their outstanding talent not only with African music, but also with a selection of well-known works from the opera, operetta and musical repertoires.
Performers
Solistinnen und Solisten der Cape Town Opera:
Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi soprano
Brittany Smith soprano
Ané Pretorius mezzo-soprano
Lunga Hallam tenor
Thando Zwane baritone
Tim Ribchester piano
Programme
Vincenzo Bellini
Oh! quante volte ti chiedo / Arie der Giuletta aus der Oper »I Capuleti ed I Montecchi«
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Tendre amour / aus »Orphée et Euridice«
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Per pietà, non ricercate (Laß mir meinen stillen Kummer) / Arie für Tenor KV 420
Fra gli amplessi / Duett aus »Così fan tutte« KV 588
Giacomo Puccini
Questo amor / aus »Edgar«
Richard Strauss
»Der Rosenkavalier« / Arie aus »Der Rosenkavalier«
Trio aus »Der Rosenkavalier«
– Interval –
Gaetano Donizetti
Ah! Mes amis / Arie aus der Oper »La fille du régiment«
Jacques Offenbach
Ouvertüre zu / »Orpheus in der Unterwelt«
S.P.B. Mnomiya
Ngenani
Astor Piazzolla
Yo soy María (Text: Horacio Ferrer)
Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan
The Girl in 14G
Anonymus
Indodana / traditionell aus Südafrika (Arrangement: Michael Barrett)
Sibusiso Njeza
Mama
Wamuhle Mzantsi
Anonymus
Baba yethu