Maverick Life: A double bill of operatic proportions

arias, duets and excerpts from operas by Mozart, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and more. The stellar lineup of singers includes internationally acclaimed sopranos Goitsemang Lehobye and Nozuko Teto; mezzo-sopranos Violina Anguelov, Bongiwe Nakani and AnPretorius; tenors Makudu Senaonana, Sipho Fubesi and Owen Metsileng ; and bass Msimelelo Mbali. Even Menzi Mngoma – the recently discovered opera-singing Uber driver – will also put in a singing appearance.

He might be based in the UK, but South Africa still holds a special place in his heart and he has devoted much energy and many hours to championing young local singers. He has never forgotten his own “angel”– a stranger, who heard him sing in those early days in London, took him aside and urged him to study opera. She wrote down the address of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for him, and then disappeared.

The 2018 Opera Voices of South Africa International Singing Competition participants; Photography: Val Adamson; courtesy of Njabulo Madlala

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