The celebrated South African actor John Kani says Shakespeare sits just fine upon his native tongue. In a 2006 interview, Kani told the British newspaper The Telegraph: “Shakespeare’s words paint ...

Compared with the indispensable African influence on Western visual art, music and literature for the last century, our more conventional lyric theater might seem to have been less alert. This ...

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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 ...

With the word “magic” in the title, “The Magic Flute” is bound to be an exciting adventure. The famous tale by composer Amadeus Mozart details the love story of Tamino, a young traveler, and Pamina, ...

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Washingtonians were treated to the dynamic skill and talent of performers who took to the stage with rhythmic adaptations of Western theatre classics, Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” – Impempe ...

You haven’t heard Mozart until he’s been played on marimbas. You’re in luck, too, because the opportunity presents itself this week in Washington in the Isango Ensemble’s remarkable “The Magic Flute — ...

The Isango Ensemble’s touring production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1791 opera “The Magic Flute” (or “Impempe Yomlingo”) has been a hit in London and many other parts of the world. One understands ...

For roughly 10 minutes before the start of both "A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and "uCarmen,'' members of the Isango Ensemble stand, barefoot, on an unadorned, raked platform at the Cutler Majestic ...

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