The Isango Ensemble, one of the world’s most unusual, interesting and important theater and opera companies, doesn’t distinguish between African theater and European opera. Nor does the company from ...

Three centuries after ancient Egypt’s pharaohs ended their rule, new African rulers built empires in the continent’s north and east. The Byzantine Empire also participated in these artistic and ...

Fula Flute is a consort of West African, American and Canadian musicians who've been delving richly into Mande and Fulani traditional music and making it their own for the past eight years. The ...

Last year director Barrie Kosky’s use of animation for L.A. Opera’s production of The Magic Flute was a sensation. Imagine how people will respond to Isango Ensemble’s South African-themed production ...

The Metropolitan Opera may have its spectacular Julie Taymor production of THE MAGIC FLUTE, but the real fun in town is the Mozart at the new Victory Theatre on West 42nd Street, where the South ...

“The Magic Flute” has received numerous modern and nontraditional interpretations over the years, but few have been as radical as the staging by South Africa’s Isango Ensemble, which has given ...

There are many ways to tell a story, and Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 1791 opera The Magic Flute is certainly pliable enough to have undergone numerous mutations ...

One of Tanzania’s most endangered possessions isn’t its wildlife; it’s its music. Dozens of musical instruments – and the skill set to play them – are facing extinction in Tanzania, which is why ...

PRETORIA, February 16, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian flutist Matvey Demin has won first international flute and clarinet competition in South Africa, organised by the University of South Africa (UNISA), on ...