An Opera House In Ouagadougou
"A leading German operatic director, Christoph Schlingensief, 49, is to lay the foundation stone on February 8 in Burkina Faso for an 'African Opera Village,' a Berlin-funded aid project to encourage musical theatre." The project aims to establish an annual opera festival in the Burkinabe capital, one that will "will mobilize and support the indigenous cultural energies." Monsters and Critics (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) 01/31/10

Posted February 2, 2010 09:23 PM