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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.

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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, Filip de Boek, author and professor of Ethnology at the University of Leuven, Miguel Mesquita da Cunha, literary man, Patricia de Peuter Vaerman, art consultant, Tony de Vuyst, Director-General of PointCulture, Laurent Carlier, Thierry Migliorini, 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, Anne Dechamps, Head of Bilateral Cooperation Belgium Central Africa and Hervé Lisoir, King Baudouin Foundation

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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

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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.

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Vox Awards Singing competition, Kinshasa, 2021

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CONCERT & OPERA PRODUCTIONS

                          CALENDAR

9th December 2020 

Théâtre Mercelis, Brussels

CONCERT : "UN OPÉRA À CONSTRUIRE"

Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Lehar 

4th February 2021

Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels

OPERA WORKSHOP

Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore, Turandot 

Un opéra à Kinshasa - YouTube

9th December 2021

SULTANI Hôtel, Kinshasa, DRC                                                                                                                                              Die Die ZAUBERFLÖTE

Mozart

40 young African opera singers, musicians and designers 

21st to 27th june 2022

Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Kinshasa, DRC

MASTERCLASS

with Isabelle KABATU, Stefano GIULIANI

Video conferencies : Thierry MIGLIORINI, José VAN DAM

Opéra Terre d'Orage prépare JULES CESAR de G.F. Händel à Kinshasa RDC. - YouTube

2nd & 3rd  December 2022

Centre Wallonie Bruxelles , Kinshasa, DRC

GIULIO CESARE

Haendel

80 young African opera singers, musicians and designers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c_8ArnI70&t=171s

16th November 2023

Soul Power Festival, Pointe Noire, RC Brazzaville

MATOMBI PRODUCTIONS

GRANDES SOEURS AUX REGARDS PLEINS DE PELERINAGES

Music : Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Joséphine Baker

with soloist, choir, musicians : 40 women artists on stage

 

 

 

2023/24

Kinshasa, DRC

IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA

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85 young African opera singers, musicians, dancers,

actors and designers

PRODUCTIONS

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Kinshasa, D.R.C.

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Luxuria Musica Chamber Orchestra

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Belcanto Choir

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Sharing daily dinner

    Music rehearsal

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Magic Flute, 2021

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Stage rehearsal

Costume fitting

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Maxime Selemani, Nicole Sulu, Isabelle Kabatu,
Cecilia Zoppelletto, Stefano Giuiliani

Mr & Mrs Johan Indekeu, Ambassador of Belgium,
Jean-Philippe Waterschoot, TEXAF, Belord Mulopo, actor

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YOUR GIFT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE​​
 
OPERA TERRE D’ORAGE 
IBAN : BE43 0682 3374 8001           BIC : GKCCBEBB 
or
KING BAUDOUIN FONDATION
IBAN :  BE 10 0000 0000 0404                BIC : BPOTBEB1
Opéra Terre d'Orage (Fonds Opéra Terre d'Orage) | BonneCauses.be (bonnescauses.be)


 



 

Chéri Chérin

SPONSORS

CHANIC, Commune de Ixelles, Commune de Rixensart, Compagnie Sucrière, Fondation Roi Baudouin FRB, Groupe FORREST International. IMPERIAL DIAMOND, KITAMBO,  PointCulture, PULLMANN Hotel, Kinshasa, SORIAC, STAGE.ONE  Strategic Legacy Ventures, SULTANI Hotel, TEXAF, TEXAF Bilembo, SORIAC,  STRATEGOS, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie TRM, Vox Awards Singing Competition, Wallonie Bruxelles International WBI,Pianos WAUTERS, 

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