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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

What's on

The South African Ballet Theatre, The Black Tie Ensemble and The Black Tie Opera Chorus are presenting a combination of ballet and opera this April in a program entitled Autumn Enchantment. An orchestral ensemble, under the baton of Maestro Graham Scott will accompany the performers.


The programme features excerpts from, amongst others, the Le Corsaire pas de deux (music Riccardo Drigo); The operetta The Student Prince (music Sigmund Romberg & lyrics Dorothy Donnelly), La Bayadère (music Ludwig Minkus), West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) Nessun dorma from Turandot (Giacomo Puccini), Verranno a te sull aure and Chi mi frena in tal momento from Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti), The Women Septet from The Merry Widow (Franz Lehàr).

If you've been to see Autumn Enchantment, please leave a comment and let us know how you enjoyed it.

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