Batshogile, Mokoba translate Italian opera into Setswana

Andy Batshogile and Ame Mokoba have translated Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana from Italian into Setswana with the support of vocal trainer and pianist, David Slater. The Setswana version of Cavalleria Rusticana will premiere on April 19, 2011 at the No.1 Ladies Opera House as part of the Maitisong Festival. 

Subsequent performances will take place on April 20th and 21st at the Opera House, and on 27th and 28th at the Maitisong theatre. Slater, of David Slater Music, was also at the forefront of the 2009 staging of the opera, The Okavango Macbeth, an exploration of power rivalries in a community of baboons.