Kromboom Rotary Club and Springfield Convent hosted yet another highly successful “CONCERT IN A CONVENT GARDEN”, raising funds for scholarships for disadvantaged learners, as well as “Habitat for Humanity”. The event was a huge success with a good turnout, great weather and fantastic music.
Piper, Riaan HunterViolina Angeulov, Ifriky Tadadjeu, Lynelle Kenned, Albert Combrink, Piper
Violina Angeulov
CCG 31 JANUARY 2016
Celebrating the richness of Music and Voice, Concert in a Convent Garden will take place on 31 January 2016 at 17.30 in the gardens of Springfield Convent in Wynberg. It will take the form of an outdoor picnic concert in the late afternoon where you can enjoy a glass of wine and delicacies from the Opera Café.
Renowned South African musicians, Peter and Suzanne Martens, together with members of the Stellenbosch University Camerata, will form the musical background to the splendid [read more…]
The final rehearsal of the full ensemble for Opera in a Convent Garden, which also had visitors from IkamvaYouth SA, hosted by the girls of Springfield Convent School. A great opportunity for the young people to see a professional rehearsal in full operation – stops and starts and all – a chance to make new friends, great expereince for the Springfield Schoolgirls, and an audience, to up the pressure of our final rehearsal a few notches.
Thanks to Melanie Bruce, Pat Danford, Golden Arrow Busses and Dr Marion Walton for making possible this valuable addition [read more…]
"Opera in a Convent Garden": Sunday 6 February 2011, 5.30 pm, Springfield Convent School, St. John's Road, Wynberg. R100 adults, Scholars R20. BOOKINGS: 021 797 9637
The 8th offering of the annual "Opera in a Convent Garden" takes to the boards on Sunday 6th February 2011 in the Springfield Gardens, St Johns Road, Wynberg. 5.30 pm. Our stars this year are Zanne Stapelberg, Aubrey Lodewyk and Violina Anguelov with Albert Combrink and Jane Theron.
"Opera in a Convent Garden" is an annual concert held in the beautiful gardens of Springfield Convent in Wynberg, Cape Town. Bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy a sunset glass of wine with the cream of Cape Town's operatic talent.
Sunday, February 7th, 2010, will find Opera in a Convent Garden once more in the beautiful gardens of Springfield Convent in Wynberg, Cape Town. Our formidable cast this year features soprano Shirley Sutherland and the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Ensemble. Chorus Master of Cape Town Opera Albert Horne and pianist Albert Combrink will create the very essential ‘orchestra’ to match the voices.
Gems from the soprano coloratura repertoire will be woven between extracts from Porgy and Bess, Die Fledermaus, My Fair Lady, The Student Prince, King Kong and [read more…]
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