Following Johannes’ successful year in 2015 as the winner of the 2014 ATKV Muziqanto singing competition, Johannes together with the winner of the 2015 competition, Nolovoyiso Mpofu, are joining forces with the ATKV and the Suidoorsterfees at their annual gala concert in the Artscape theatre centre.
Find out more »Following Johannes’ successful performance at the Gala Concert of the Greyton Classics for All festival, Johannes once again will be seen at the annual masterpiece.
Find out more »Johannes will be performing the lively character of Papageno in Mozart’s late masterpiece. Following their well-recieved collaboration on Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda in 2015, Matthew Wild and Kamal Khan turn their attention to Mozart’s mysterious and magical late masterpiece. As young prince Tamino undertakes a quest to rescue the Princess Pamina, he learns hard truths about the real world: that evil can appear to be good, that heartbreak and joy can come hand in hand, and that true love will be tested. The profound…
Find out more »Johannes will performing the role of Morales in one of Bizet’s few but breathtaking works. Michael Williams’ spectacular staging of Bizet’s eternally popular Spanish melodrama, which played to sell-out success in 2011, is revived as the second instalment of the Naspers Grand Opera Masters Series. Michael Mitchell’s atmospheric designs conjure up a hot and sultry Seville, and the large cast is completed by a company of flamenco dancers, executing the inspired choreography of the late Carolyn Holden. CTO Associate Music Director…
Find out more »Johannes will be performing the title role in the first African production of Monteverdi’s haunting Orpheus opera. Award-winning director and designer Jaco Bouwer (Balbesit, Rooiland, Samsa-Masjien) makes his CTO debut with the first African production of Monteverdi’s haunting Orpheus opera, the earliest operatic work which has retained a place in the international canon. Created with collaborators Magdalene Minnaar, Ina Wichterich and Wolf Britz, Brouwer’s production traces Orpheus’ descent into darkness as he searches the underworld for his departed wife, Euridice.…
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