Performer: Christine Crouse| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Thursday 19-Sep-13 07:30pm |
 Artscape Opera House, Cape TownMadama Butterfly |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Thursday 19-Sep-13 07:30pm Presented by Cape Town Opera.
Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart-rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape.
“And the geisha will sing, as she used to do. And the happy song will end in a sob.”
East and West collide with tragic results in Puccini’s devastating opera about a trusting young Japanese bride and the callous American naval officer who weds and abandons her. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power, which goes straight for the emotional jugular and seldom fails to reduce even the hardest hearts to tears.
Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki-inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell-out sensation at its first run in 2009. | ||
| Saturday 21-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town Madama Butterfly |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Saturday 21-Sep-13 07:30pm Presented by Cape Town Opera.
Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart-rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape.
“And the geisha will sing, as she used to do. And the happy song will end in a sob.”
East and West collide with tragic results in Puccini’s devastating opera about a trusting young Japanese bride and the callous American naval officer who weds and abandons her. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power, which goes straight for the emotional jugular and seldom fails to reduce even the hardest hearts to tears.
Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki-inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell-out sensation at its first run in 2009. | ||
| Wednesday 25-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town Madama Butterfly |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Wednesday 25-Sep-13 07:30pm Presented by Cape Town Opera.
Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart-rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape.
“And the geisha will sing, as she used to do. And the happy song will end in a sob.”
East and West collide with tragic results in Puccini’s devastating opera about a trusting young Japanese bride and the callous American naval officer who weds and abandons her. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power, which goes straight for the emotional jugular and seldom fails to reduce even the hardest hearts to tears.
Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki-inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell-out sensation at its first run in 2009. | ||
| Friday 27-Sep-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town Madama Butterfly |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Friday 27-Sep-13 07:30pm Presented by Cape Town Opera.
Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart-rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape.
“And the geisha will sing, as she used to do. And the happy song will end in a sob.”
East and West collide with tragic results in Puccini’s devastating opera about a trusting young Japanese bride and the callous American naval officer who weds and abandons her. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power, which goes straight for the emotional jugular and seldom fails to reduce even the hardest hearts to tears.
Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki-inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell-out sensation at its first run in 2009. | ||
| Sunday 29-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town Madama Butterfly |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Sunday 29-Sep-13 06:00pm Presented by Cape Town Opera.
Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart-rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape.
“And the geisha will sing, as she used to do. And the happy song will end in a sob.”
East and West collide with tragic results in Puccini’s devastating opera about a trusting young Japanese bride and the callous American naval officer who weds and abandons her. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power, which goes straight for the emotional jugular and seldom fails to reduce even the hardest hearts to tears.
Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki-inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell-out sensation at its first run in 2009. | ||
| Wednesday 20-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Wednesday 20-Nov-13 07:30pm | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm The nimblest barber in Seville, Figaro is the go-to man for a close shave. And there will be close shaves a-plenty when Figaro helps the lovestruck Count Almaviva abduct his sweetheart Rosina from her nasty guardian Don Bartolo in this hilarious opera buffa, our hair-raising contribution to the month of ‘Movember’. The Barber of Seville combines knockabout humour with music of great virtuosity and brilliance, from its cheeky overture to showstopping arias including ‘Largo al factotum’ and ‘Una voce poco fa’. Following her warm-hearted and witty stagings of L’elisir d’amore and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for CTO and UCT, Christine Crouse helms a whimsical new production of this sparkling, with Kamal Khan conducting the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. | ||
| Friday 22-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Friday 22-Nov-13 07:30pm The nimblest barber in Seville, Figaro is the go-to man for a close shave. And there will be close shaves a-plenty when Figaro helps the lovestruck Count Almaviva abduct his sweetheart Rosina from her nasty guardian Don Bartolo in this hilarious opera buffa, our hair-raising contribution to the month of ‘Movember’. The Barber of Seville combines knockabout humour with music of great virtuosity and brilliance, from its cheeky overture to showstopping arias including ‘Largo al factotum’ and ‘Una voce poco fa’. Following her warm-hearted and witty stagings of L’elisir d’amore and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for CTO and UCT, Christine Crouse helms a whimsical new production of this sparkling, with Kamal Khan conducting the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. | ||
| Saturday 23-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Saturday 23-Nov-13 07:30pm The nimblest barber in Seville, Figaro is the go-to man for a close shave. And there will be close shaves a-plenty when Figaro helps the lovestruck Count Almaviva abduct his sweetheart Rosina from her nasty guardian Don Bartolo in this hilarious opera buffa, our hair-raising contribution to the month of ‘Movember’. The Barber of Seville combines knockabout humour with music of great virtuosity and brilliance, from its cheeky overture to showstopping arias including ‘Largo al factotum’ and ‘Una voce poco fa’. Following her warm-hearted and witty stagings of L’elisir d’amore and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for CTO and UCT, Christine Crouse helms a whimsical new production of this sparkling, with Kamal Khan conducting the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. | ||
| Sunday 24-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
Cape Town Opera |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Sunday 24-Nov-13 07:30pm The nimblest barber in Seville, Figaro is the go-to man for a close shave. And there will be close shaves a-plenty when Figaro helps the lovestruck Count Almaviva abduct his sweetheart Rosina from her nasty guardian Don Bartolo in this hilarious opera buffa, our hair-raising contribution to the month of ‘Movember’. The Barber of Seville combines knockabout humour with music of great virtuosity and brilliance, from its cheeky overture to showstopping arias including ‘Largo al factotum’ and ‘Una voce poco fa’. Following her warm-hearted and witty stagings of L’elisir d’amore and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for CTO and UCT, Christine Crouse helms a whimsical new production of this sparkling, with Kamal Khan conducting the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. | ||
