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Dear Friends and Colleagues We want to wish you a very Blessed and Peaceful Festive Season if you travel, may you return safely. Thank you for your support during 2014. Our office will be closed on Friday, 19 … Read more.
Dear friends, it is with great sadness that we inform you of Neels Hansen’s passing Monday morning. He has been a founder and father of Gauteng Opera (The Black Tie Ensemble). He had been diagnosed with cancer a few weeks … Read more.
Gauteng Opera presents: One Voice: An African Celebration Venue: Drama Theatre, South African State Theatre, 320 Pretorius Street, Pretoria Performance dates Saturday 01 November, 20:00 Sunday 02 November, 15:00 Gauteng Opera presents a strikingly unique performance, which aims to display … Read more.
One Voice: An African Celebration Venue: Opera Theatre, South African State Theatre, 320 Pretorius Street, Pretoria Performance dates Saturday 01 November, 20:00 Sunday 02 November, 15:00 Gauteng Opera presents a … Read more.
Gauteng Opera spreads the joy of Opera and educates budding classical music artists on the possibilities of making a career in vocal arts and performance theatre. Funded by the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDTF), the tour in Limpopo aims to … Read more.
Phenye Modiane (Tenor) and Nozuko Teto (Soprano) talk to Eusebius McKaiser on Power 98.7’s PowerTalk. 28 February 2014. They describe the Opera as a music genre, why they love it, its increasing popularity in our townships, what the training involves, … Read more.
Cosi fan tutte is an ideal opera to produce on a budget. It doesn’t need a big cast (six singers) and it is a light fluffy opera with glorious music by Mozart that is sufficiently well known to sell well. … Read more.
Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, set to run at the State Theatre in Pretoria from 02 to 09 March, forms part of Gauteng Opera’s development programme. With the slogan “Opera for Everyone” Gauteng Opera aims to expose Opera to varied audiences, … Read more.
It was late 1998 when diva Mimi Coertse and celebrated opera director and costume designer, Neels Hansen, decided to create The Black Tie Ensemble. The determination had been to preserve the traditions of opera performance in South Africa and create … Read more.
“Everyone blames women, but I forgive them. If they change their love A thousand times a day; Some call it a sin, others a habit, But I say it’s a necessity of their heart. The lover who finds that he’s … Read more.
