Bhekizizwe Opera

If you are joining us for our screening at Cardiff University School of Music at 6pm tonight, we invite you to stay for a post-screening discussion and Q&A with librettist Mkhululi Matyalana Ka Mabija, director Ben Davis and composer Rob Fokkens.

Cardiff University Composers Edition

Photo by Kirsten McTernan

Bydd ffilm 2021 Opera'r Ddraig o Bhekizizwe gan Dr Robert Fokkens, Darllenydd Cyfansoddi mewn Cerddoriaeth, a'r libretydd Mkhululi Mabija, cyd-wladwr o Dde Affrica, yn cael ei dangos i ddathlu Mis Hanes Pobl Dduon fel digwyddiad agoriadol o gyngherddau Ysgol Cerddoriaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd 2024-25.

For the opening event of Cardiff University School of Music’s 2024-25 concert series, we celebrate Black History Month with a showing of Opera’r Ddraig’s 2021 film of Bhekizizwe by Dr Robert Fokkens, Reader in Composition in Music, and fellow-South African, librettist Mkhululi Mabija.

More feedback for Opera'r Ddraig's 2022 touring production with Themba Mvula. An audience member at Torch Theatre in Milford Haven said:
“a superb solo performance...Excellent portrayal...I think it was a marvellous performance”

Composers Edition Mkhululi Matyalana Ka Mabija