UCT Opera School & Cape Town Opera Present IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, 5/9-5/15
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 13, 2010
UCT Opera School, in collaboration with Cape Town Opera, presents IL VIAGGIO A REIMS (The Journey to Reims) by Gioacchino Rossini from 9-15 May (Theatre).
Director: Matthew Wild
Conductor: Kamal Khan
UCT Symphony Orchestra
Rossini's exuberant coronation comedy was written to showcase the fourteen greatest voices of his time. The whimsical plot involves a motley group of European dignitaries who are stranded at a spa hotel en route to a coronation. CTO and UCT's co-production will receive a witty and elegantly (choreographic) updating, as fourteen B-list celebrities find themselves stranded in a chic airport hotel lobby - expect vocal fireworks, ebullient arias and energetic finales!
Sung in Italian with English text projected above the stage.
Dates and Times:
Opens on Sunday, 9 May, at 18:00
Thereafter 11-15 May at 19:30
Schools' performances on 11 and 12 May at 11:00
Prices: R150, R100
Discounts: (on R150 tickets only)
Group bookings of 4 or more less 10%
Senior citizens and students less 50% on the day of the performance only, on presentation of valid ID card
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