SALLY SILVER FOR OPERA GALA

The cream of South African talent - for one night only in Roodepoort.

Former South African soprano Sally Silver, well-known by Durban classical music lovers and now firmly entrenched on the international scene, flies in from her UK home base to appear under the baton of Graham Scott, another Durban favourite, for a gala concert to be held in Roodepoort on August 15. Scott will preside over the JMI Orchestra and the Gauteng Choristers

Also appearing will be mezzo-soprano Teresa de Wit, who is a member of the Black Tie Ensemble, baritone Aubrey Lodewyk from the Cape Town Opera Studio and Otto Maidi who has taken his rich bass tones as far afield as Norway.

Audience favourites on the programme will include excerpts from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Bellini’s Norma, Verdi’s Il Trovatore and, of course, Puccini’s La Bohème.

The concert will take place at Promusica’s Main Auditorium in the Civic Centre at Florida Park, Roodepoort, at 18h30 on August 15. Tickets R150 booked through Computicket.