Sunnyboy Dladla Archives - Albert Combrink

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Auditions, Cape Town 12 & 13 February 2013

Albert Combrink2013-01-04T21:30:54+02:00

Auditions are being held in Cape Town for the 2013 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Choral Academy and Oratorio Festival. Choristers and soloists are needed to take part in a 6 week programme during June and July 2011, working with a different conductor and coaches on a different Oratorio each week. An international youth choir and soloists of 70 is put together annually through world-wide auditions.

In 2010 there were 9 different concerts that took place throughout Northern Germany. They performed various masses and A Capella programmes and worked [read more…]

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Auditions, Cape Town 12 & 13 February 2013Albert Combrink2013-01-04T21:30:54+02:00

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival: Choral Academy Auditions, Cape Town 31 Jan 2011

Albert Combrink2011-01-25T11:58:37+02:00

Auditions are being held in Cape Town for the prestigious Schleswig-Holstein Oratorio Festival (Jun-Aug 2011).

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival: Choral Academy Auditions, Cape Town 31 Jan 2011Albert Combrink2011-01-25T11:58:37+02:00

Friends of Cape Town Opera Gala Diner 2010: Photos

Albert Combrink2010-11-09T07:07:34+02:00

Photos from the Friends of Cape Town Opera Gala Evening fundraiser. On the programme was "Tomorrow's Voices Today", TangoCapeTown and the John Russel Band.

Friends of Cape Town Opera Gala Diner 2010: PhotosAlbert Combrink2010-11-09T07:07:34+02:00

Judith Kellock Masterclass at University of Cape Town, 4 August 2009

Albert Combrink2009-08-18T22:23:50+02:00

As part of her recital-tour of South Africa, Prof Judith Kellock, presented Masterclasses at S.A. College of Music at the University of Cape Town. It was a tremendous bonus that Peter Louis van Dijk and myself managed to get this to happen at UCT. At the invitation Prof. Virigina Davids – Head of the Voice Department at the SACM, Miss Kellock worked with students with a large range of skills, of both Under- and Post-Gradute level. Miss Kellock’s class drew substantial interest from faculty and students alike and was [read more…]

Judith Kellock Masterclass at University of Cape Town, 4 August 2009Albert Combrink2009-08-18T22:23:50+02:00

Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta”: meet the players

Albert Combrink2009-06-08T20:59:35+02:00

I have been a repetiteur for many productions, from Operas to Musicals to Cabarets. But I have enjoyed few of them as much as this production conducted by Alex Fokkens and directed by Lara Bye. The story is delightfully funny and charming. A young couple are in love and already secretly married, and this becomes the engine that drives the farce. I think it is a real “Closet-Opera”: there is always at least one closet on the stage, with always at least one person hiding in [read more…]

Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta”: meet the playersAlbert Combrink2009-06-08T20:59:35+02:00

Some Lyric Tenors

Albert Combrink2009-05-25T20:17:17+02:00

Here are some lyric tenors from the past singing repertoire which Sunnyboy Dladla and I will be presenting on 31 May in our concert, “Dangerous Liaisons”.

Fritz Wunderlich – Il mio Tesoro from Don Giovanni (M0zart)

More Wunderlich – Ecco Ridente from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

Luigi Alva – Una furtiva Lagrima from L’Elisir d’amore (Donizetti)

Luigi Alva – Quanto e bella from L’Elisir d’amore (Donizetti)

Luigi Alva – Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

Juan Diego Florez – Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

Juan Diego Florez — Ecco Ridente Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

William Matteuzzi – La Scala [read more…]

Some Lyric TenorsAlbert Combrink2009-05-25T20:17:17+02:00