On Trend OPERAS IN NOVEMBER In this issue, we salute our opera DIVAS (see: South African songbirds on page 32), and if you are looking for a few local events, Cape Town Opera definitely has your number: MARIA STUARDA In collaboration with the UCT Opera School and Sponsored by Naspers, Donizetti and Schiller give us the greatest confrontation history never saw, that between the Virgin Queen and Mary, Queen of Scots. On alternating nights, Cape Town favourites Noluvuyiso Mpofu and Maudée Montierre embody the passionate Maria, as Bongiwe Nakani and Violina Anguelov plumb the depths of Elisabetta’s psyche. Lukhanyo Muyake and Makudupanyane Senaoana return from European triumphs to say farewell to UCT in a belcanto festival that puts the ‘melody’ back into melodrama. At Artscape on 7 and 8 November.
FOUR:30 Cape Town Opera, in collaboration with the UCT Opera School and the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, presents an evening composed of four new home-grown operas. Four notable South African composers have teamed up with four acclaimed writers to create half-hour works that are powerful and innovative, telling contemporary African stories in imaginative new ways. These are: The Application, Blood of Mine; Bessie: The Blue Eyed Xhosa; and Anti-Laius, all directed by Geoffrey Hyland and Marcus Desando and conducted by Kamal Khan. At Artscape in Cape Town from 21 to 28 November.
GREAT READS If you are always looking for great places to take the family on holiday, then look no further than Family Fun, an informative guide to child-friendly activities covering four major cities of South Africa: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria. Compiled by Lisa Mc Namara of Child Magazine, the book is packed with useful information covering numerous child-friendly sites and activities. It’s published by Map Studio and is on sale at all good bookstores. If you love a good coffee, then you simply can’t do without another of Map Studio’s brilliant books, Coffee Culture – The South African Coffee Lover’s Bible. Launched in 2014, the book is as popular as ever, with its reviews of over 100 places in South Africa to drink the best coffee ever. Visit www.mapstudio.com for more.
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