Review: AIDA at the Artscape Opera House Is an African-Futurist Masterpiece
by Jaime Uranovsky - May 26, 2025
AIDA, long celebrated as one of Verdi’s most moving tragic operas, has been performed regularly since 1871 .This adaptation, however, is like nothing you have seen before. Set in 3025, this ethereal production draws on futuristic and visually breathtaking elements, rendering this production out of this world.
Cape Ballet Africa Returns To The Drama Factory
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2025
Cape Ballet Africa presents a new programme of short works at the Drama Factory where the Company enjoyed presenting work in 2024. Learn more about the performance here!
Soprano Khayakazi Madlala Joins Cape Town Opera's Judith Neilson Young Artist Programme
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 2, 2025
South African soprano Khayakazi Madlala has joined Cape Town Opera (CTO) as a Judith Neilson Young Artist. Earlier this year, Khayakazi made her debut as the High Priestess in Aida at the Royal Opera House in London, and will be reprising the role in CTO's own highly anticipated production of Verdi's Aida that opens at Artscape on 23 May 2025.
Siphesihle November Will Guest with Cape Ballet Africa
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2025
Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, shared that Principal Dancer Siphesihle November will appear as a guest artist with Cape Ballet Africa in Nacho Duato’s Remanso.
MY FAIR LADY Will Embark on Tour of South Africa
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2024
Following the sell-out success of The Sound Of Music, Pieter Toerien with Cape Town Opera will present a South African tour of Lerner & Loewe's musical masterpiece, My Fair Lady in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban.
Review: I GOT RHYTHM from choreographer David Nixon CBE
by Faeron Wheeler - May 21, 2024
I GOT RHYTHM kicks off the season that marks 90 years of Cape Town City Ballet. And that is something that we should be truly proud of here in the cape. I was curious to see that CTCB went with something non-traditional for the start of this big season. I GOT RHYTHM celebrates the music of George Gershwin.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Heads to Johannesburg Following Run at Artscape
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024
After a successful sell-out season at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town, Pieter Toerien and Cape Town Opera’s stunning production of the world’s most loved family musical – The Sound of Music – ended its record-breaking month-long run yesterday, Sunday 14 January 2024.