The Isango Ensemble, one of the world’s most unusual, interesting and important theater and opera companies, doesn’t distinguish between African theater and European opera. Nor does the company from ...

Three centuries after ancient Egypt’s pharaohs ended their rule, new African rulers built empires in the continent’s north and east. The Byzantine Empire also participated in these artistic and ...

Last year director Barrie Kosky’s use of animation for L.A. Opera’s production of The Magic Flute was a sensation. Imagine how people will respond to Isango Ensemble’s South African-themed production ...

There are many ways to tell a story, and Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 1791 opera The Magic Flute is certainly pliable enough to have undergone numerous mutations ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 ArtsEmerson will welcome back the Isango Ensemble with their re-imagination of Mozart's classic opera, The Magic Flute, as the first of five ...

“The Magic Flute” has received numerous modern and nontraditional interpretations over the years, but few have been as radical as the staging by South Africa’s Isango Ensemble, which has given ...

Fula Flute is a consort of West African, American and Canadian musicians who've been delving richly into Mande and Fulani traditional music and making it their own for the past eight years. The ...

You haven’t heard Mozart until he’s been played on marimbas. You’re in luck, too, because the opportunity presents itself this week in Washington in the Isango Ensemble’s remarkable “The Magic Flute — ...

Tenth-grader Amanda Cordero, above, plays an African flute while fellow 10th-grader Ryan Woodward plays a drum during an African Cultural Festival held by social studies students on Wednesday at ...

PRETORIA, February 16, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian flutist Matvey Demin has won first international flute and clarinet competition in South Africa, organised by the University of South Africa (UNISA), on ...