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It also offers the '''[[Cape Town Opera Young Artist Training Programme]]''', which is a unique, two year training programme aimed at giving graduate singers, with soloist potential, the opportunity to consolidate and refine their technique and stage skills before launching professional careers. | It also offers the '''[[Cape Town Opera Young Artist Training Programme]]''', which is a unique, two year training programme aimed at giving graduate singers, with soloist potential, the opportunity to consolidate and refine their technique and stage skills before launching professional careers. | ||
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| + | 1999: ''[[Le Nozze di Figaro]]'', ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', ''[[L'Elisir d'Amore]]'', ''[[Carmen]]'', ''[[Aida]]'', ''[[Hänsel und Gretel]]'', ''[[Elektra]]'' | ||
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| + | 2000: ''[[Die Lustige Witwe]]'', ''[[La Traviata]]'', ''[[Suor Angelica]]'', ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'', ''[[Tannhäuser]]'', ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'', ''[[Amarantha]]'' | ||
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| + | 2001: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'', ''[[Love and Green Onions]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Un Ballo in Maschera]]'', ''[[Rigoletto]]'', ''[[La Bohème]]'' | ||
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| + | 2002: ''Die Zauberflöte'', ''Dido and Aeneas'', ''Madama Butterfly'', ''Idomeneo'', ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', ''Aida'', ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'', ''Cavalleria Rusticana'', ''I Pagliacci'', ''Les Pêcheurs de Perles'' | ||
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| + | 2003: ''La Traviata'', ''Hänsel und Gretel'', ''earthdiving'', ''Nabucco'', ''The Bartered Bride'', ''Faust'', ''La Damnation de Faust'', ''Così Fan Tutte'' | ||
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| + | ==Musicals== | ||
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| + | 1997: ''[[Into the Woods]]'' | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_Opera | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_Opera | ||
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| + | [[Wayne Muller]]. 2018. ''A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015)''. Unpublished PhD thesis. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 15 February 2024
Cape Town Opera (CTO) is a professional opera company in Cape Town, run as a permanent non-profit performing arts organisation.
It was founded in 1999 by the management and staff of the former South Africa Arts Council Opera and the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB).
It also offers the Cape Town Opera Young Artist Training Programme, which is a unique, two year training programme aimed at giving graduate singers, with soloist potential, the opportunity to consolidate and refine their technique and stage skills before launching professional careers.
Contents
Operas
1999: Le Nozze di Figaro, Madama Butterfly, L'Elisir d'Amore, Carmen, Aida, Hänsel und Gretel, Elektra
2000: Die Lustige Witwe, La Traviata, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Tannhäuser, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Amarantha
2001: Porgy and Bess, Love and Green Onions, Macbeth, Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, La Bohème
2002: Die Zauberflöte, Dido and Aeneas, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Les Pêcheurs de Perles
2003: La Traviata, Hänsel und Gretel, earthdiving, Nabucco, The Bartered Bride, Faust, La Damnation de Faust, Così Fan Tutte
2004:
Musicals
1997: Into the Woods
Sources
http://www.capetownopera.co.za/index.php/company/about-us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_Opera
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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