SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
It’s not widely known but over the past several decades the art of the choir has become a South African passion, giving rise to flamboyant national competitions, and covering the gamut from traditional music to the operatic repertoire. The Celestial 12, comprised of 12 singers from the Cape Town Opera Choir, will be the exceptional guests of the Lille Opera, and we will be given the opportunity to hear them on two occasions: during performances of the opera Così fan tutte that opens the season, and during a concert devoted to sacred music, across time and continents.

Chef
Jacques Schab, piano
Thuthuka Sibisi direction musicale
Arline Jaftha sopranos
Palesa Malieloa 
Linda Nteleza
Nolubabalo Mdayi mezzo-sopranos
Fikile Mthetwa
Lilita Peter
Vuyisa Jack ténors
Monwabisi Lindi
Siphesihle Mdena
Lungile Halam basses
Sifiso Lupuzi
Ebenezer Sawuli

Musiques sacrées d’Afrique et d’Europe

Kyrie
Bawo Thixo Somandla 
Muphulusi 
Maurice DURUFLÉ 1902-1986
Ubi caritas

Gloria
Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA 1525-1594
Sicut cervus 
Indodana

Credo
William BYRD 1543-1623
Ave verum 
Meguru

Sanctus
Arvo PÄRT né en 1935
Da pacem Domine 
Anton BRUCKNER 1824-1896
Ave Maria 

Benedictus
Ndikhokhele Bawo
Christopher TIN né en 1976
Baba Yethu

Ite Missa est
Knüt NYSTEDT 1915-2014
Immortal Bach 
Peace I Leave with You 
Jerusalema