Rising Stars in Concert: Opera UCT 17 January

Rising Stars in Concert is a showcase performance by a talented quartet of singers from Opera UCT, accompanied at the piano by their director, Professor Jeremy Silver.

The programme is meticulously curated to combine popular favourites with other moving excerpts from the rich operatic repertoire. The performers will share insights about the music they are performing in the course of the concert.

• This is another highlight in the UCT Summer School programme – which can be seen HERE 

Jeremy Silver studied languages and music at Clare College, Cambridge and conducting at the Royal College of Music. He furthered his operatic studies at the National Opera Studio in London where, fifteen years later, he formed part of the artistic leadership team.

Jeremy has worked extensively in South Africa with all the country’s major symphony orchestras, as well as conducting La Bohème and Le nozze di Figaro for Cape Town Opera and Lucia di Lammermoor with Gauteng Opera. As principal conductor of Opera Africa (2004-2007), he conducted productions of I Capuleti e i Montecchi, La traviata and Rigoletto at the State Theatre, Pretoria, as well the South African opera Princess Magogo at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam.

Jeremy served on the resident music staffs of English National Opera and Scottish Opera, and worked in addition as assistant conductor with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opera North. Jeremy is currently Music Director of the Melting Pot Choral Festival, where, in addition to the choral competition, he runs a yearly conducting course. He is also an Associate Artist at Longborough Festival Opera.

WHAT: Rising Stars in Concert: Opera UCT | UCT Summer School
WHERE: Concert Hall, Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7600
WHEN: 17 Jan 2024 at 19:30
TICKETS & BOOKING: Full Price R175 Student & UCT Staff R150 | Webtickets
INFO: E ems@uct.ac.za | Summer School programme is available HERE

And do have a look at the UCT Summer School Curated Heritage Route. Curators Nadja Daehnke, Director of the Irma Stern Museum and Tessa Graaff, Managing Director of Montebello Design Centre suggest some interesting heritage sites close to UCT that are worth a visit. So, if you have some free time between courses, these are noteworthy places – some with a link to UCT – that you could visit.

The Summer School programme is available HERE.
Another reason, no doubt, that Cape Town is placed 3rd in Time Out’s World’s Best Cities for Culture!