NAMIBIA FIRST OPERA IN BERLIN – GERMANY
On September 15, 2023, a group of artists from Namibia, Germany and South Africa performed Namibia’s first opera in Berlin. The piece “Chief Hijangua” by Mr.Eslon Vakomboka Hindundu celebrates a bilingual premiere – in Otjiherero, one of the national languages, as well as in German. The libretto is written by the German author Nikolaus Frei. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin plays under the direction of Mr. Hindundu. The work is directed by Kim Mira Meyer and co-directed by Micheal Pulse. The Namibian artist also performed at the German President’s Citizens Festival on 08 September 2023.
Kindly click here to read the Ambassador’s words of welcome for the Opera brochure; for the German version, kindly click here