Handel’s choral masterpiece, Messiah, is the world’s best-loved
oratorio, attracting audiences the world over. It receives a triumphant Easter
Sunday staging in The Playhouse Opera on April 21, 2019.
The production will be directed by the
acclaimed Ralph Lawson and accompanied by the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra under
the baton of conductor, Naum Rousine. This outstanding production features
performances by some of South Africa’s leading opera singers as well as the
40-strong Playhouse Chorale.
(Nozuko
Teto)
Messiah will feature popular soloists Violina Anguelov (mezzo soprano),
Nozuko Teto (soprano), Wayne Mkhize (tenor), and Justice Kubheka (bass).
Messiah is an enormously popular English-language oratorio composed in 1741
by George Frideric Handel first performed in Dublin in April 1742. After what
has been described as a ‘modest’ initial public reception, the oratorio has
gained in popularity to the extent that it has become one of the best-known,
best-loved and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
(Violina
Anguelov)
Highlights of this much-loved work include
a wealth of evergreen choral items. Among these are the magnificent Hallelujah Chorus, along with equally
splendid numbers such as For Unto Us A
Child Is Born, And The Glory of the Lord and many more, as well as
benchmark solos such as Every Valley, He
Was Despised, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
To Zion, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion, The Trumpet Shall Sound and Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
Together, to name but a few.
Messiah has one performance on Easter Sunday (April 21) at 15h00 in The
Playhouse Opera. Tickets R120 and R140 booked through Computicket outlets
nationwide, and can also be obtained from the Playhouse Box Office on 031 369
9540/9596. Discounted block bookings can be made by calling Dawn on 031 369
9407 or emailing her on salescoordinator@playhousecompany.com
Book now to avoid disappointment.
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