Cape Town soprano Magdalene Minnaar has been selected to attend master classes, and plans an audition trip to the United States of America, visiting New York, Boston and Chicago.

To make this all possible Magdalene will be hosting an afternoon of exquisite music to help her raise funds for her trip in July.

The evening includes popular arias such as Verdi, Strauss and Mozart. Magdalene will be joined by thrilling young musicians like John Ntsepe (piano), Aubrey Lodewyk (baritone), Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor) and Karen va der Walt (mezzo), and will be accompanied on the piano by the brilliant Maestro Kamal Khan.

Some info on the artist:

Magdalene won the Mimi Coertse bursary in 2006 & can soon be seen in the opera “La Scala di Seta” by Rossini that will be showing again due to popular demand on 12 & 13 June at the Artscape. She plays the main part – Giulia.

She also played Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Baxter Theatre, directed by Marcus Desando) in 2008, and Amore in “L’incorronazione di Poppea” by Monteverdi (Artscape Opera, directed by Angelo Gobbato)

Be prepared to be dazzled! New York, New York style

Date: 7 June 2009
Time: 15:00
Venue: SABC Studios, Beach Road, Seapoint
Entrance: R120 p/p (includes pre-show drinks)
Tickets available at the door
For more information, feel free to contact Magdalene miep.minnaar@gmail.com

There are also 2 complimentary tickets available to the ZestCulture readers. First person to email me will get the comps…

Ready…Steady….

Go!