{"id":341,"date":"2016-08-11T08:22:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T06:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?p=341"},"modified":"2016-08-11T08:23:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T06:23:45","slug":"coffee-tea-centurion-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Coffee &#038; Tea &#8211; Centurion Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tea-cup-en-koffiekantata-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-342 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tea-cup-en-koffiekantata-7-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"tea cup en koffiekantata 7\" width=\"457\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tea-cup-en-koffiekantata-7-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tea-cup-en-koffiekantata-7-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tea-cup-en-koffiekantata-7-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><strong>Coffee and Tea will be served!<\/strong><br \/>\nSince 2011, Sempre Opera has promoted opera by presenting concerts and full productions. This month\u00a0and early September, two more full-length operas are staged; Bach\u2019s Coffee Cantata and Mozart\u2019s Bastien\u00a0&amp; Bastienna.<br \/>\nSchweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211, also known as the secular Coffee\u00a0Cantata was composed by JS Bach around 1732 and 1735. Although this work is classified as a cantata, it\u00a0actually is a miniature comic opera telling the humorous tale of a daughter, Lieschen, hopelessly addicted\u00a0to coffee and her long-suffering father, Herr Schlendrian, who seems to be at his wit\u2019s end because of her\u00a0obsession. The role of Lieschen is sung by soprano Deirdr\u00e9 Blignaut-Rautenbach. Danie Verster (baritone) is\u00a0the father and Walter Fourie is the tenor\/narrator.<br \/>\nWA Mozart was only 12 years old when he composed his first miniature opera, Bastien &amp; Bastienna,\u00a0staged in 1768. This opera in a teacup tells the story of Bastien and Bastienna\u2019s pains and pleasure in love,\u00a0as well as the role that Colas, a mock magician, plays in their lives. Bastienna is sung by Ailyn Nienaber\u00a0(soprano) and Herman Pretorius (tenor) makes his Sempre Opera debut as Bastien. Rex Nigrini plays the\u00a0comical baritone character, Colas. Salome Coertze is the pianist for both productions and direction is by\u00a0Danie Verster and Deirdr\u00e9 Blignaut-Rautenbach.<br \/>\nBoth miniature productions are staged at the Centurion Theatre on Sunday 28 August and 4 September at\u00a015:00. Tickets for the concerts will be sold for R120 per person and can be booked by making an \u00a0Electronic\u00a0transfer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?page_id=303\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/?page_id=303\">Sempre Opera\u2019s bank account<\/a> or directly from the Theatre (012 664 8710) Tickets will also be\u00a0available at the door. For further information please direct enquiries to <a href=\"mailto:info@sempreopera.co.za?subject=Bastien%20%26%20Bastienna%20info\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:info@sempreopera.co.za?subject=Bastien%20%26%20Bastienna%20info\">info@sempreopera.co.za<\/a> or visit the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\">www.sempreopera.co.za<\/a> and navigate to bookings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee and Tea will be served! Since 2011, Sempre Opera has promoted opera by presenting concerts and full productions. This month\u00a0and early September, two more full-length operas are staged; Bach\u2019s Coffee Cantata and Mozart\u2019s Bastien\u00a0&amp; Bastienna. Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Be still, stop chattering), BWV 211, also known as the secular Coffee\u00a0Cantata was composed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sempreopera.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}