ABANTU abazifela ngomculo we-opera bazobhema bakholwe emsebenzini kaHandel osihloko sithi Messiah ePlayhouse Opera Theatre, eThekwini, ngoMashi 31 kusukela ngo-3 ntambama.
Oyinhloko yasePlayhouse, uLynda Bukhosini, uthe okubenze babuyise lo mdlalo ukuthi uyintandokazi kubathandi bomculo wezimfijoli.
"IPlayhouse seyikhombise iMessiah kaHandel amahlandla angaphezu kwayishumi. Lo msebenzi uhlale uyintandokazi yezithameli. IPlayhouse ilethe imizwilili ecula ngayodwana yakuleli ukuba izonandisa kulo mdlalo, iphelezelwa yikhwaya esineminyaka iyibambile insimbi ishisa, iPlayhouse Chorale, kanye neKZN Philharmonic Orchestra."
ULynda uthe ngokukhombisa lo mdlalo kulesi sikhungo kusho ukudaleka kwamathuba omsebenzi njengoba kusuke kuqashwe amaciko angu-110.
"Konke lokho kwenziwa uxhaso esiluthola kuhulumeni wethu," kusho uLynda.
Kubaculi ababoshelwe kwiMessiah yakulo nyaka kubalwa uVanessa Tait-Jones (soprano), uBongiwe Nakani (mezzo), Stefan Louw (tenor) noBongani Kubheka (bass).
Ezingomeni okulindeleke ukuba zihlatshelelwe kulo mdlalo kukhona iHallelujah Chorus, Ev'ry Valley, O Thou That Tallest Good Tidings to Zion, He Was Despised, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Jerusalema, Why Do The Nations, The Trumpet Shall Sound, All We Like Sheep, For Unto Us a Child Is Born, Amen namanye amanoni.
Ngesiwombe sokuqala iMessiah ithatha imizuzu ewu-50 bese esesibili sidonsa imizuzu ewu-40.
Amathikithi okuzitika ngalobu bumnandi atholakala eWebtickets ngoR150 kanti izindawo zokupaka ziseRoyal Hotel nase-Albany Hotel, eceleni kwasePlayhouse.