Chineke! Orchestra | Cape Town Opera | Enrique Mazzola

Production

Chineke! Orchestra | Cape Town Opera | Enrique Mazzola

Porgy and Bess

Lucerne FestivalLuzern

Latest dates

No upcoming dates are announced. These are the latest performances.

September 2026

Sun 13 Sept, 16:00

Lucerne Festival · KKL Luzern, Concert Hall · Luzern

On stage and behind it

Cast

Bess
Nonhlanhla Yende
Crown
Conroy Scott
Sportin’ Life
Lukhanyo Moyake
Porgy
Siyabulela Ntlale
Clara
Brittany Smith
Serena
Siphamandla Moyake
Maria
Lungelwa Mdekazi
dramaturgy and version editor
Malika Rosalind
costumes
Maritha Visagie

Direction

director
Magdalene Minnaar

Musical direction

conductor
Enrique Mazzola

Choreography

choreography
Shaun Oelf, Grant van Ster