Voices of change: Cape Town Opera celebrates 25 years of South African talent
South African soprano and Cape Town Opera House Soloist Brittany Smith performs as Lucia as South African tenor Lukhanyo Moyake performs as Edgardo at the Joburg Theatre ahead of the last dress rehearsal for the opera in Johannesburg, on 23 July 2024.
South African opera has developed its own uniquely local style - both in the make-up of its casts and its dramatic themes - in the three decades since the end of apartheid, experts argue. Italian Opera singer and cofounder of the Cape Twon Opera Angelo Gobbato poses for a portrait at his home in Cape Town on August 1, 2024. South African opera has developed its own uniquely local style -- both in the make-up of its casts and its dramatic themes -- in the three decades since the end of apartheid, experts argue.
"I feel like a grandfather," Gobbato said."I haven't got physical children or grandchildren, but seeing students, I am desperately proud of them and convinced that I have done something for the good of the country."Special honours and nominees: SA's best in theatre honoured at 'sought-after' Fleur du Cap awards
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