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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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

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                          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

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4th February 2021, 6 pm 

Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels,

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OPERA WORKSHOP

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Don Giovanni, Il Turco in Italia, Rigoletto, Turandot, La Wally, Les Pêcheurs de perles

& La Voix humaine 

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Isabelle KABATU, musical director, Stefano GIULIANI, stage director, Marie-Noëlle de CALLATAŸ, guest of honor, Anne CAMBIER, soprano, singing teacher, Annick GARSO, pianist 

Young artists :

Bernard ATY, Patrick KABONGO, Rosy KINTOKI, Priscila MOURA OLEGÀRIO, Herlinde Van de STRAETE. (with participation from 2 children Roxane & Ronaël SELEMANI ) 

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Juin 2021

Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa, RDC

Die ZAUBERFLÖTE

Mozart

First opera production of Opera Terre d'Orage with young African opera singers 

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