Forthcoming Attractions at the Fugard

Opera February | 25 & 26 Screenings Start 16h00 Sung in Italian with English Sub Titles Running time: 2 hours 42 minutes (Excluding a 20 min Interval)

This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of Gianni Schicchi for The Royal Opera in 2007, and here he completes the trio. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano will conduct. Il trittico (‘the triptych’), unveiled at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 1918, represented an operatic departure.

Ballet  February 11 & 12 | Screenings Start 16h00 | A ballet in 3 Acts  | Running time: 129 minutes

From the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Prima Ballerina Natalia Osipova stars opposite Ivan Vasiliev in Don Quixote from the Bolshoi Ballet. The Arts Desk calls their performance “dancers at their absolute peak that notches a bit of history in your memory” – don’t let this moment in dance pass you by!

The Cape Consort  is proud to announce the launch of its Monteverdi Project  with 3 consecutive Sunday evening concerts at the beautiful Fugard Studio on 12, 19, 26 February.

The Matrix of the Madrigal  takes the listener on a fascinating exploration of Monteverdi's madrigals unveiling an innovative use of animated text projections. Supported by synchronized translations, the Cape Consort‘s  beautifully blending voices accompanied by period instruments in the rewarding Fugard Studio’s acoustics will contribute towards an extraordinarly unified sensory experience.