6 performances, Artscape Opera House, Cape Town. Tickets between R120 – R280
Artscape 24 August -01 September 2018
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Mozart and Salieri returns by popular demand

After a hugely successful première season in February this year, Mozart & Salieri returns to the Artscape Opera House by popular demand from 24 August to 1 September 2018. The sumptuous adaptation of Alexander Puskin’s short story, choreographed by Marc Goldberg, will once again be presented by Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB), for only six performances. The two act production drips in glamour, intrigue and innovation with ground-breaking digitized set design, exquisite costuming and powerful dancing, all set to Mozart’s celebrated compositions.

Mozart and Salieri, made famous by Sir Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, follows Mozart’s rumoured rivalry between himself and the court composer Antonio Salieri, and his tumultuous relationship with wife Constanze. The ballet is charged with emotion, and previous reviews celebrated it as a thrilling, cutting edge spectacle, rarely seen on the South African stage and one that should not be missed.

Guest artist Maxime Quiroga (Mozart), who has danced with the Stuttgart Ballet, Wiener Staatballett and the Royal Ballet of Flanders and was previously seen in CTCB’s Giselle, shares the principal role with Martin Milner.

Choreography works and creations :
« On the thread » solo, « Good morning » solo, « Between two Worlds » piece for 6 dancers performed at Odéon Theater, Vienna, january 2012. « Moi, Internet », piece for 6 dancers performed at the Théâtre Antique d’Arles and the Théâtre de Grasse, 2018.

Maxime Quiroga,

Ballet Nice Méditerranée

The role of Salieri is shared by Daniel Szybkowski and Ivan Boonzaier, opposite ballerinas Laura Bosenberg and Mariette Opperman as Constanze.

Performance Date & Time : Mozart and Salieri:<p/p>

Fri 24 Aug @ 19h30:

Sat 25 Aug @ 14h00:

Sat 25 Aug @ 19h30:

Fri 31 Aug @ 19h30:

Sat 01 Sep @ 14h00:

Sat 01 Sep @ 19h30:

Choreographer – Marc Goldberg,

Marc Goldberg trained at the National school of the Arts in Johannesburg. As a ballet dancer, he has danced in all of the Classics and a wide range of modern and contemporary works by local and international choreographers. Mr. Goldberg has performed as a soloist and principal with South African Ballet Theatre (now called Joburg ballet), Cape Town City Ballet, where he is currently a soloist, Jozi Dance Company, Mzansi Productions (he was a founding member) and Bovim Ballet. Marc has also performed in Pieter Toerien’s award winning productions of Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and the international 25th anniversary tour of The Phantom of the Opera. He has choreographed on South African Ballet theatre and Cape Junior ballet. ‘The Vortex’ for CTCB. Mozart and Salieri is his second full length offering created on the Cape Town City Ballet.

Goldberg, whose previous work includes The Vortex, spent three years bringing his vision to the stage and the result is a unique modern ballet, one that has captured the attention of dance lovers and new audiences who have praised Mozart and Salieri as a breath of fresh air in its genre.

Costumes by Jenny Stretch, Henriette Lamprecht and Kathryn Maclachlan, wigs by Barry du Bruin, Lighting design is by Denis Hutchinsonand, animation and projection by Pieter Steyn.

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