Cape Town Opera cherishes its relationship with its patrons and is
grateful to those who support the company to keep opera flourishing in South
Africa. Two such patrons are Gerda and Helmut Jung who have, once more,
arranged fundraising concerts in Germany for CTO’s Young Artist Programme.
The CTO Young Artist Training Programme is aimed at training graduate singers
with soloist potential. They are offered skills development training to prepare
them for the demands of a professional career, as well as personal mentorship
and expert artistic guidance. The current Young Artists are mezzo soprano Ané
Pretorius, soprano Brittany Smith and tenor Lunga Hallam, who will be joined by
guest artists baritone Mandisinde Mbuyazwe (a member of CTO’s 2016-17 Young
Artist Programme) and soprano Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi. For more information about
the individual singers, CLICK HERE 1 + CLICK HERE 2
The CTO Young Artists will perform their Benefit Concerts at the following
venues:
17 September 2019 in the Laeiszhalle Kleiner Saal in Hamburg;
19 September 2019 in the Stadkirche St. Dionys in Esslingen;
20 September 2019 in the Germering City Hall in Germering (Munich); and
23 September 2019 in the Ballettzentrum Westfalen in Dortmund.