DOCUMENTARY
Tomorrow X3
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Inside the lives of 3 inspiring South African opera singers
who take on a radical re-make of Verdi’s Macbeth.

Tomorrow X 3 is a documentary film about 3 inspirational South African opera singers touring the world in a modern production of Verdi’s opera Macbeth.

A group of South African singers take on a modern version of Verdi’s Macbeth. Interwoven with visually stunning scenes from the opera and life touring the world, the film focusses on the lives of the 3 principal singers and how they ended up choosing for a career in this dominantly European domain.

We follow the journey of these artists from the bright lights of some of the world’s most prestigious theatres, back to the daily grind of their lives in South Africa. Through interviews at home and abroad and ‘behind the scenes’ footage, these 3 inspiring singers dispel all stereotypes of the stuffy highbrow opera world as we know it.

The featured opera is set in the context of present day Congo. The project is a collaboration between South African Theatre company Third World Bunfight / Brett Bailey, and the No Borders Orchestra made up of musicians from Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia – together they tackle Shakespeare’s classic tale of power and the abuse thereof. Dictators, multinational monopolies, illegal mining activities, child soldiers and refugees all make appearances in this tale of darkness, mayhem and murder.

The film is an uplifting look at the power of an age old art in a fresh new form, and what this appropriation of Verdi means for the makers of this politically charged theatrical production.

For more info about the film & project visit our website:
tomorrowX3.com

CAST & CREW
  • Director
    CATHERINE HENEGAN/
  • assistant director
    OUIDA SMIT/
  • country of production
    ITALY/
  • original languages
    ENGLISH/ ITALIAN/
  • Music by
    GIUSEPPE VERDI/
  • adapted by
    FABRIZIO CASSOL/
  • produced by
    ANGELO LIBERTINI/
  • for
    PRODUZIONE STRAORDINARIA/
  • in association with
    FREE STATE PRODUCTIONS/
  • YEAR
    2016/
  • GENRE
    MUSIC DOCUMENTARY/
  • Documentary film script
    CATHERINE HENEGAN/ OUIDA SMIT/
  • Editor
    CATHERINE HENEGAN/
  • Line producer
    PIERFRANCESCO FIORENZA/
  • Post production
    AUGUSTUS COLOR/
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CATHERINE HENEGAN
Director

Catherine Henegan’s work revolves around performance, music, video and documentary film.

Active in the performing arts industry in both South Africa and Europe, her career spans over 20 years where she has worked in various roles from producing, directing, designing and documenting theatre, music and visual arts projects.

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Ouida Smit
Assistant Director

Ouida has worked for 25 years in the TV and film industry.

For the last 10 years she has worked in Italy, in Post Production, at Augustuscolor, a Film laboratory in Rome. Before that she lived and worked in SA as a director in children’s Tv and film.

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Owen Metsileng
Macbeth

I don’t have much formal training
I mainly learned about opera from watching youtube and imitating the singers I liked most.

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Nobulumko Mngxekeza
Lady Macbeth

When I was growing uo they kicked me out of yhe choir because they said I couldn’t sing

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Otto Maidi
Banquo

My day job is as a warder in a maximum security prison. My passion is to sing

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