Opera Singers

Programme:

Arias and songs by Donizetti, Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, De Curtis and Lehár.

In addition, folk songs from France, Italy and South Africa will be performed.

On the South African opera scene:

South Africa is a country with a rich and colourful culture. The performing arts play a prominent role in the development of the new South African consciousness and of South Africa’s newly emerging cultural identity. The word “opera” means “work” in Latin – and for many South Africans, work is the only way out of poverty. But opera is not only work; opera is also the realisation and representation of cultural stories. South Africa has a multitude of stories to tell, which play an important role in passing African history down from generation to generation. Little by little, more and more of South Africa’s many-sided history is being told through the medium of opera, which in recent years – also thanks to the opening of the concert halls to the black majority of the population – has been enjoying a boom in society. A further positive development is only possible through the promotion and support of young talent, as the German-South African Master Class Programme, for example, has made its mission.