PORGY AND BESS
Co-production between the Beijing Music Festival, Cape Town Opera, and KT Wong Foundation, 2024
Music: George Gershwin
Libretto: DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
Conductor: Kazem Abdullah
Concept & Director: Noa Naamat
Choreographer: Jackie Manyaapelo
Costume Designer: Maritha Visagie
Video Designer: Kirsti Cumming
Lighting Designer: Rick Fisher
Porgy: Otto Maidi
Bess: Nonhlanhla Yende
Crown: Mandisinde Mbuyazwe
Sportin’ Life: Lukhanyo Moyake
Serena: Pumza Mxinwa
Clara: Siphamandla Moyake
Maria: Zolina Ngejane
Peter: Mlungiseleli Nqadini
Lily: Busisiwe Ngejane
Jake: Luvo Rasemeni
Robbins: Mthunzi Mbombela
Mingo: Sakhumzi Martins
Jim: Lindile Kula
Strawberry woman: Linda Nteleza
Crabman: Siphesihle Mdena
Detective: Dean de Klerk
Policeman / Coroner: Schoeman Smit
Chorus of the Cape Town Opera
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
