WINTER SUNDAY OPERA AND COCKTAILS WITH LONWABO MOSE ACCOMPANIED BY JUAN BURGERS
Ubuntu Opera is excited to host singer Lonwabo Mose, who has recently been awarded a bursary to attend the prestigious Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy, on Sunday the 12th June 2022 at Innocent Spirits Distillery.
Please come and experience the fine craft of opera while sipping on the boutique refinement of Innocent Spirits cocktails and G&T’s.
Join us at Innocent Spirits Distillery Unit 21 Old Timber Yard, Maitland on 12 June 2022 at 3pm.
The cost per ticket is R250 which included the performance and an Innocent Spirits cocktail and snacks. Please complete the form below to book your seats. Only 20 places available.
How to book your seats?
Please make payment to:
Innocent Spirits Distillery
FNB
Account No: 62838642470
Branch: 250655
POP: andrew@innocentspirits.com
Please use your name as reference.
Our award-winning rums and gins will be on offer. A percentage of sales will be donated to the artists.
Doors open at 14h30. Seating space is limited so booking is essential.
Address
Innocent Spirits Distillery
Unit 21 Old Timber Yard,
7th Avenue off Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town.
More about Lonwabo
TOWNSHIP LAD WINS BURSARY TO STUDY OPERA IN ITALY
From a young age Lonwabo Mose (21) from Gugulethu has had a passion for singing, first in choirs and later for the great opera arias,
Lonwabo is rapidly becoming known as a remarkably talented dramatic baritone. An indication of his talent is that he has been awarded a bursary to attend the prestigious Saluzzo Opera Academy in Italy in June/July.
Lonwabo grew up in poverty in a single parent household in Gugulethu and Cala in the Eastern Cape. He developed a love of choral music at a young age which grew into a passion for opera. While still at school he sang as a soloist – and took many prizes – with the award-winning Fezeka High School Choir and Joyful Harmonies Youth Choir, both directed by Monde Mdingi.
He is studying with renowned vocal coach, composer and founder of the Ubuntu Opera Company, Juan Burgers, who predicts a stellar future for him.
At a recent fundraising concert, a capacity audience gave a standing ovation for each of the five arias he performed.
Lonwabo’s tuition and accommodation are covered by the bursary. A visitor from the USA who heard him sing during a township tour a few years back has sponsored his air ticket. He has managed to raise funds or receive sponsorship for other expenses through concerts but is still short of R15000 (depending on the strength of the rand) for his daily expenses such as meals which are not covered by his scholarship.
If you would like to make a donation for Lonwabo’s travel expenses, please contact Lewis Rabkin on 082 860 0402