People of Note - Pumeza Matshikiza

Cape Town audiences are in for a real treat in December when Pieter Toerien and Cape Town opera present the music “OLIVER” here at Artscape as their Christmas musical. It opens on 11 December and Rodney Trudgeon got to speak to Maritha Visagie of Cape Town opera who is the…

Cape Town Opera’s production of Gounod’s opera Romeo and Juliet opens on the 18th of November at Artscape. The production 1s being directed by Dr Marcus Desando, a South African born opera singer and director now living and working in Amsterdam. Rodney Trudgeon spoke to Dr Desando about his approach…

A beautiful, colourful new cookbook has just been published capturing 50 years of cooking and the much loved dishes that have made Fynkos at Kirstenbosch one of Cape Town’s best kept culinary secrest. The book has been compiled by Pamela Shippel-Granoth who has spent 23 years cooking for the thousands…

UCT Opera is staging Mozart’s dramatic opera DON GIOVANNI at the Baxter Theatre for 4 performances only from the 22 October. The opera is being directed by the French-American director TALIA STERN who is a member of the Royal Opera House in London and Rodney Trudgeon invited her into the…

The hit show MAMMA MIA comes to an end after a hugely successful run. And playing the lead role of Donna is the South African star AMRA FAYE WRIGHT. Amra-Faye lives in New York and for some 23 years played the lead role of Velma in Chicago which put her…