Spier Amphitheatre

From ESAT
Revision as of 15:51, 15 February 2024 by Darryl (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Situated outside Stellenbosch on the banks of the Eerste River. Dick Enthoven, owner of the Spier Wine Estate, had the amphitheatre built in 1993 and it opened in 1996 for its first summer festival. The amphitheatre can seat 3 565 people and the stage is covered and exceedingly well equipped. Each year Spier hosts a summer festival of about 5 months, running from end November to mid April the following year. The season consists of an array of musical entertainments, plays, operas, and so on. Performances have included Ubu and the Truth Commission (Jane Taylor and William Kentridge, 199*), La Traviata (2000), **??**, EXPAND Spier- Amfiteater, Stellenbosch, 13/2/03 , William Kentridge, Confessions of Zeno.

Operas presented by Spier have included:

1998: Tosca and I Pagliacci

2006: Princess Magogo

2007: macbEth: The Opera

Sources

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

For more information

Return to

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page