The Opera Singer

THE OPERA SINGER

Proudly opens at Theatre On The Square after rave reviews in Cape Town.The production features an incredible performance by Fiona Ramsay as The Opera Singer. Sensitively co-starring is the honey voiced Owain Rees-Davies in an elegant but searing production, written and directed by Janna Ramos-Violante.

This is a deceptively filmic theatrical immersive experience into the world of a creative spirit, a life dedicated to a craft, to perfection and to ascension. The script grapples with the notion of celebrity, commitment and choices the impact on the emotional arc of an artist’s life. An Examination of a life devoted to an art form, the demands, the sacrifice and the damage.

A journalist meets The Opera Singer, the encounter compels him to seek an interview, and
the play examines her quixotic and singular personality, her wit, her guarded secrets and
her deep trauma to reveal a highly intriguing enigmatic figure living with the creature she
has created to cope with a huge talent, profound lack of self-worth and desperate
Loneliness. Despite the searing insights into her life the play crackles with wit and the wry
Philosophy on the human condition. The effects of immense talent on other individuals –
The responsibility of talent and the inevitable toll talent can unleash on the artist.


Run Time(80 minutes)