UPCOMING EVENTS
Summer's End
Visuals by Rachel Honnery and Kat Roma Greer
Music and Piano Performance by Nathan Hall
Poetry by Alan Olejniczak
Editing by Setthasiri Chanjaradpong
- 2026 Finalist for Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, Manly, Australia
- 2005 Finalist for the 6th ColorPro Awards, Global Visual Arts Competition, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2005 Finalist for The Social Art Award, with the theme of “Planetary Healing – Blue Tribes for Ocean Health.” Berlin, Germany
RECENT EVENTS
Cape Town Opera Presents
The Cunning Little Vixen
Music and Original Libretto by Leoš Janáček and Adapted for Families by Alan Olejniczak
Cape Town Opera’s family-friendly staging of The Cunning Little Vixen celebrates nature’s beauty and the cycle of life. A joyful, English-sung adventure full of colour, creatures, and heart.
JULY 21 - 26, 2026
Joseph Stone Auditorium
Cape Town, 7764, South Africa
Staging Stories
Staging Stories
Cape Town Opera's Incubator
for New South African Opera
Saturday, July 25th, 2026
On the Line - Sibahle Mabaso
NPC Etudes - David Wolfwinkel and Liam Jaftha
Bloedbranders with James Geldenhuys and Dianne Du Toit Albertze
People of Note
People of Note
Cape Town Fine Music Radio 101.3
Original Broadcast on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm
People of Note is a flagship show, presented by Rodney Trudgeon. The programme features in-depth discussions with prominent local and international people from different fields, including music, literature, theatre, dance, opera, politics and economics. Each guest selects five of their favourite pieces of music to play.
Featuring Alan Olejniczak, Librettist in Residence for Cape Town Opera.
Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Composer-Librettist Studio
June 13 - 28, 2026
Hosted by the Music Department of the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
PAST EVENTS
- November 2025 - Beatrice + Benedict, James Madison University Opera Theatre, Harrisonburg, VA
- May 2025 - Petrov: A Cold War Opera, Culver City, CA
- April 2025 - Beatrice + Benedict, Opera Orlando, Orlando, FL
- April 2025 - Look Within, from Hypatia, Cultureland and Tapestry Opera, Toronto, Canada
- March 2025 - Staging Stories, Libretto Writing Workshop, Cape Town Opera
- March 2025 - Atlas of Remote Islands, Cape Town Opera Shorts Festival, South Africa
- January 2025 - Château d'Orquevaux Artist Residency, Orquevaux, France
- November 2024 - The Opera Austin Festival, La Serenissima from the opera Maddalena, Austin, TX
- October 2024 - Libretto Workshop of Beatrice + Benedict, Opera Orlando, FL
- September 2024 - Skyros Quartet and Constellation Creatives, fundraiser featuring selections from Maddalena, Seattle, WA
- August 2024 - The Arctic Circle Alumni Expedition, Svalbard, Norway
- July 2024 - On Our Way, Opera on Tap, Englewood, CO
- June 2024 - Minute to Midnight, workshop performance with Synchromy, Sony Studios, Culver City, CA
- April 2024 - End of the Line, A Short Comic Opera Premiere, New Opera West and Opera Buffs, Los Angeles, CA
- March 2024 - Staged workshop of Babes in Arms: High School with Lyric Theatre's Thelma Gaylord Academy. Oklahoma City.
- December 2023 - Yosef and the Counseling Angel, World Premiere Oratorio, United Trinity Methodist Church, Denver, CO
- December 2023 - Workshop read-through of Babes in Arms: High School with Lyric Theatre's Thelma Gaylord Academy. Oklahoma City.
- August 2023 - Workshop read-through of Babes in Arms: High School with Lyric Theatre's Thelma Gaylord Academy. Oklahoma City.
- July 2023 - Atlas of Remote Islands, Opera on Tap, Untitled: Artist Takeover, Denver Art Museum
- May 2023 - Preview of The Emperor's Garden, from The Nightingale with the Marin Girls' Chorus.
- May 2023 - Director's Cut: Atlas of Remote Islands, Opera on Tap, Lafayette, CO
- May 2023 - Premiere of Atlas of Remote Islands, Opera on Tap, Denver, CO
- January 2023 - Opera Workshop of Dreams Americanos with I Colori dell'opera