Central movement was loveliest of the three Cape Times / 27 October 2015 Deon Irish* SYMPHONY CONCERT, October 22. At City Hall; CPO conducted by Perry So, soloists Goitsemang Lehobye (soprano) and Pallavi Mahidhara (piano); Ndodana-Breen: Three Orchestral Songs on...

Messianic musicals Chris Thurman Thursday, 19 May 2011 It would be wrong, however, to assume that we have reached a post-apartheid moment in which these iconic figures are seen as “national treasures”, belonging to all South Africans irrespective of political...

This Winnie Soars THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, May 2011 JOBURG, 1998. Journalists, photographers and cameramen crowd outside the Johannesburg Central Methodist Church for the next round of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s hearings into atrocities committed under...

Winnie a triumph in African style Beeld newspaper 1/5/2011 Thys Odendaal Winnie (Ndodana-Breen) State Theatre (opera), Pretoria Caption: Tsakane Maswanganyi in the title role of Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s opera Winnie: under house arrest in the Free State town of...

"Winnie the Opera" pays tribute to Winnie Mandela AL ALAMIA 10th May 2011 When Winnie the Opera premiered at the State theatre in Pretoria last month the curtain went down to a standing ovation for South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen, the first black South...

Winnie the Opera premieres with all eyes on Winnie the spectator Louise Redvers in Johannesburg The Guardian, Friday 29 April 2011 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela understood to have given Englishand Xhosa-language opera her blessing ahead of Pretoria debut The opening night...

Winnie: The Opera gets standing ovation in South Africa By GEOFFREY YORK From Saturday's Globe and Mail Opera about Winnie Mandela that got its start in Canada is now a triumph in Pretoria Winnie Madikizela-Mandela admitted this week that her only interest in the...

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan 23, 2006 Music | MUSIC REVIEW For One Composer, the Power of African Music Is Endless By BERNARD HOLLAND JAN. 23, 2006 Brief concerts in a brief series at the Miller Theater over the weekend have taken a look at African music and its recent...