Stéfan Louw

Male, Person

1973 –

40

Who is Stéfan Louw?

Stéfan Louw is recognised as one of South Africa’s best tenors and has been performing opera since 1999. The Sunday Times newspaper wrote of his Rodolfo that his voice should be declared a national treasure.

His opera career started off in 1995 as a member of the Pretoria State Theatre Ad-hoc Opera Chorus and only a year after joining the chorus, received the Chorister of the Year Award. During the five years he was a member of the Opera Chorus he sang in more than 20 productions. In 1999 Stéfan made his debut as Beppe in I Pagliacci, for which he received the prestigious FNB Vita Opera Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Since then Stéfan made a living singing opera and his repertoire includes roles such as Alfredo in La Traviata, Barinkay in Der Zigeunerbaron, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Duncan in Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Tonio in La Fille du Regiment, Pang in Turandot, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Radames in Aïda and Rodolfo in La Boheme.

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Born
1973
Education
  • University of South Africa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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