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Experience Verdi's Il Trovatore: A Night of Opera at City Hall

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May 24, 2025

OPERA lovers, rejoice! This June, the illustrious Cape Town City Hall will reverberate with the powerful melodies of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, performed by Opera UCT alongside the renowned Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and the enthralling CPO AfriArts Choir.

- WEEKEND ARGUS REPORTER

Experience Verdi's Il Trovatore: A Night of Opera at City Hall

Set for one unforgettable evening on June 26, this concert represents a significant cultural event, the first staging of Il Trovatore in Cape Town in two decades, and is not to be missed by either seasoned opera aficionados or those new to the genre.

Presented with the generous support of the City of Cape Town and as part of the CPO’s Winter Symphonies at the City Hall season, this rare performance promises to deliver a refined and resonant interpretation of Verdi's timeless masterpiece. Under the expert direction of Opera UCT’s Jeremy Silver, concert-goers will be treated to a gripping narrative of love, loyalty, and vengeance against the tumultuous backdrop of a civil war in 15th-century Spain.

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