In French-speaking Africa, there is an impressive number of talented classical musicians. Yet, there are no facilities available to give them the means to acquire a professional level.
Isabelle KABATU, soprano of international fame, therefore had the dream to create such facilities, a project she has baptized: OPERA TERRE D'ORAGE
OPERA TERRE D'ORAGE, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will be used to promote opera artists.

ABOUT US
The company is the result of a meeting between several key persons from the cultural and musical-distribution domains: José Van Dam, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi, opera singers, Jean-Dominique Burton, photographer and director, Filip de Boek, author and professor of Ethnology at the University of Leuven, Patricia de Peuter Vaerman, art consultant, Tony de Vuyst, Director-General of PointCulture, Michel Vanstals, Laurent Carlier, music teachers, Stefano Giuliani, stage director and visual artist, Maxime Selemani, founder of the VOX AWARDS Opera Competition, Kathryn Brahy, Director of the Wallonia Brussels Center in Kinshasa and Anne Dechamps, Head of Bilateral Cooperation Belgium Central Africa...

Photo Jean-Dominique Burton

iIsabelle Kabatu in Aida at the Scala of Mailand
ISABELLE KABATU
soprano
The winner of numerous international competitions (Paris, Bilbao, Reine Elisabeth Bruxelles, Clermont-Ferrand, Verviers), Isabelle Kabatu, the Belgian soprano of African origins, won the First Prize of the prestigious Viotti competition, in Varallo, Italy in 1994.
In the same year, she made her career debut in the title role of « La Traviata » in Lisbon.
She quickly established herself on some of the world’s greatest stages: La Scala di Milano, Opéra Bastille Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Arena di Verona, Teatro Communale Bologna, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Vienna, Teatro Real Madrid and the Bunkamura Tokyo as well as the opera houses of Rome, Berlin, Naples, Geneva, Liège, Zurich, Hamburg, Moscow, Taipei, Houston, San Francisco, New York, to name but a few.
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WHAT ?
We will create a lyrical center that will, in the long-term, become a place for dialogue, meeting, training and creation for musicians and artists involved in the realization of operas. It will promote artists and creators from the African continent, but also from around the world, in all the musical, dramatic, choreographic and artistic aspects relating to the production of operas.

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MISSION
Not the solution but part of the solution

TRAINING
Regular courses for the improvement of classical music and vocal techniques.
Regular interpretation courses.
Awarding of scholarships for applicants wishing to continue their training in the Center.
A LYRICAL CENTER IN KINSHASA
We will create a lyrical center that will, in the long-term, become a place for dialogue, meeting, training and creation for musicians and artists involved in the realization of operas. It will promote artists and creators from the African continent, but also from around the world, in all the musical, dramatic, choreographic and artistic aspects relating to the production of operas.


CONCERTS & OPERA PRODUCTIONS

CALENDAR
9th December 2020 8.pm
Théâtre Mercelis, Brussels, Belgium
CONCERT : "UN OPÉRA À CONSTRUIRE"
Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Lehar
Young voices from RDC : Bernard ATY, Patrick KABONGO, Rosy KINTOKI,
Pascaline MEVANZA, LIonel MPIANA
sing with famous Belgian opera singers : Marie-Noëlle de CALLATAY,
Anne CAMBIER, Alain GABRIEL, Isabelle KABATU, Thierry MIGLIORINI.
Piano : Annick GARSO & Pierre LIEMANS
4th February 2021, 6 pm
Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels,
OPERA WORKSHOP
Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore, Turandot
Isabelle KABATU, musical director, Stefano GIULIANI, stage director,
Anne CAMBIER, soprano, singing teacher, Thierry MIGLIORINI, masterclass,
Annick GARSO, pianist
Young artists :
Bernard ATY, Rosy KINTOKI, Pascaline MEVANZA.
(with participation from 2 children Roxane & Ronaël SELEMANI )
Un opéra à Kinshasa - YouTube
photos Jean-Dominique BURTON
Juin 2021
Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa, RDC
Die ZAUBERFLÖTE
Mozart
First opera production of Opera Terre d'Orage with young African opera singers




YOUR GIFT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
DA TEMPESTA Productions
OPERA TERRE D’ORAGE
IBAN : BE43 0682 3374 8001 BIC : GKCCBEBB
or
KING BAUDOUIN FONDATION
IBAN ; BE 10 0000 0000 0404 BIC : BPOTBEB1
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CONTACT

sponsors
Commune de Ixelles, Fondation Roi Baudouin FRB, Groupe FORREST International. IMPERIAL DIAMOND, PointCulture, PULLMANN Hotel, Kinshasa, SORIAC, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie TRM, Opéra Royal de Wallonie ORW, STAGE.ONE , Strategic Legacy Ventures, VOX AWARDS, Wallonie Bruxelles International WBI,Pianos WAUTERS,









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