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Headed by musical director Clara J. Ohr. the musical ensemble supports the wonderful talents that color the stage, despite its occasional dissonances. The caliber of vocal talent complements and even outshines the original score. Greg Schaffer as Joseph, Bonnie Graves as the narrator and Liz Cotter as Simeon/Potiphar's wife...
In an emotional account of his exile and his attempts to re-enter South Africa, Matshikiza said apartheid "cuts people off from the nature of their being" by outlawing visits to family and to graves of ancestors.
Still, you may luxuriate in the landscapes and in the performances -- by Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Giovanni Giudelli and (of course) Helena Bonham Carter -- that subvert caricature. And you are permitted to weep at the film's climax: a last embrace of two not-quite lovers, closest at this instant...
Three major condominium projects--Thomas Graves Landing, River Court, and the Esplanade--have also been built, he notes.
As Rudolph sees it, the 3 million-strong Afrikaner volk inherited a glorious national legacy. "I received it as I received my mother's milk," he says. "I am a son of Africa. The graves of my people are here, and this is where my cradle stood."