A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
Big Wig Opera announced today that it will hold open opera auditions for its upcoming Madama Butterfly to be performed on 25 and 27 September at the Roodepoort Theatre in Johannesburg. The auditions will be held on Thursday, 23…
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TITLE : EOAN Our Story EDITORS: Wayne Muller and Hilde Roos PUBLISHER: Fourthwall Books REVIEWER: Dr Dawn Gould Before anything else is written, congratulations must be given to each and every individual involved in the compilation of this work. One…
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On 17 and 19 July Big Wig Opera will present its second opera of the season at the Roodepoort Theatre. L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by the Italian composer Donizetti and tells…
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On 22 and 24 May Big Wig Opera will be bringing to Gauteng audiences an opera favourite: Puccini’s La Bohème. Staged at the Roodepoort Theatre and set in modern-day Johannesburg this opera, directed by Elizabeth Lombard, tells the story of…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music has featured in the movies many times, not only in the famous biographical film Amadeus. His music has played a role in more than 900 films, bringing Mozartean drama, serenity and majesty to every imaginable type…
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La Bohème, which made its world première in 1896, tells the story of young, starving artists and their love affairs. For this production director Elizabeth Lombard has decided to set it in modern-day South Africa because the story is as…
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Gauteng’s new opera company, Big Wig Opera, is breaking tradition with its very different marketing campaign. Big Wig Opera’s slogan ‘Real Opera for Real People’ speaks of the company’s mission to produce opera in the way the composer intended…
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Big Wig Opera is pleased to reveal its brand image to the public with the launch of its web site: www.bigwigopera.com Founded in November last year by tenor Stéfan Louw, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Lombard and a handful…
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