Opera Network

Cooperation's with other organisations fighting the good fight for Opera and Classic music. (in alphabetic order)

Andries Aldrich andriesaldrich@gmail.com Ekurhuleni

Opera SA with Albert Aldrich

Anton Cupak www.onlinemerker.com Vienna. info@der-neue-merker.at

One of the most eminent magazines in the field of Music, Opera , Theatre and Culture

Marnus Greyling was organist at St Georg Anglican Church; now in the USA greylingthemanny@gmail.com and greylingconcerts@gmail.com An accomplished pianist, doing concerts of his own and accompanied our singers for some years at our events.

Studio Coert Grobbelaar grobbelaarcoert2@gmail.com Johannesburg

School of Opera and light music. Vereeniging. Working on finding and teaching young talents.

Xolane Marman operatunity.music@gmail.com OPERATUNITY SA Cape Town

Music and Opera productions

Monica Mhangwana info@monicamhangwana.com Pretoria

Wonderlost World and Glacierstone . Teaching music and event organisation for music and arts

Magdalene Minnaar www.magdaleneminnaar.com Singer, event organizer info@magdaleneminnaar.com

Biblioteek - platform for all kind of activities and all kind of artists and producers around music and opera events

www.biblioteek.co.za magdalene@biblioteek.co.za NOW, since 2022 , artistic director at Cape Town opera.

Mmusi Morekhure www.torocreatives.co.za Benoni

TORO CREATIVES Pty Ltd mmusi@torocreatives.co.za Music shows and performances. Music instructions on schools.

Dr. Martin Vacha www.martinvacha.com Vienna/Austria Professor at University for Music

Singer, Instructor and event manager office@martinvacha.com

We may recommend as our favourite Opera house abroad GARSINGTON OPERA www.garsingtonopera.co.za

Garsington Opera gives performances of great artistic quality in a setting of extraordinary natural beauty. Performances take place in the spectacular Opera Pavilion, which sits within the rolling landscape of the Chiltern Hills, less than an hour from London.

Garsington Opera was founded in 1989 by the late Leonard Ingrams and his wife Rosalind at Garsington Manor, near Oxford. Following Leonard's untimely death, Garsington Opera moved to the Wormsley Estate, home of the Getty family, in 2011.

The festival presents a programme of four operas each year during a seven-week summer period. Last production was a charming "Der Rosenkavalier".

The Chevalier de Saint Georg

was the son of an aristocratic planter in Guadeloupe (then a French colony) and a Black maid (couches amoraux a la Francaise in the style of the 18th century, Cafe aux lait as they say), went to Paris, became prominent as fencer (very sympathetic) and established himself as a quite prominent composer of six Operas following Gluck ( and not Mozart) other works like symphonies. He was favoured by Queen Marie Antoinette, who as a student of C.W. Gluck was professional in judging music and was also prominent at the Court of Luis XVI. Revolution came, and he - not rare at that time among aristocrats who tended to the revolutionary side - fought for and died quite young in 1799 in the revolution. Nearly forgotten, well had King and Queen prevailed and stupid politics not happened he would have become much more prominent.

The film Chevalier" released end of 2023/beginning of 2024 is telling nonsense and a woke, resentment-loaded piece of demagoguery. It is a shame that such a bunch of lies and insinuations can be produced. Full stop, finish and klaar.

Especially recommendable is his Opera "L'amant Anonyme" (The unknown lover) Maybe SITTOPERA should produce this Opera in the coming years?