1. Ebenezer Sawuli
Bass
Born: 1976 January 03
Email: benizerbenzitto@yahoo.com
Contact: +27 (0)722604686
Address: 27 Diniso Street
New Brighton White location
Port Elizabeth 6200
Experiences:
Operas Roles
Carmen Zuniga Conducted by Charles H Wood
at Spier Theatre 2000
Macbeth Banco Conducted by Chris Dowdswel
at Spier Theatre 2007
Manon The Count Conducted by Chris Dowdswel
at Cape Town Opera 2007
Die Zauberflote Zarastrro Directed by William Kentridge
at Cape Town Opera 2007
Rigoletto Sparafucile Conducted by Chris Dowdswel
at Joseph Stone theatre 2008
Tosca The Goalor Directed by Angelo Gobbato
at Cape Town Opera 2008
Don Giovanni Comendatore Conducted by Kamal Khan
at Baxter theatre 2008

2. Lincoronazione di Poppea Seneca Directed by Angelo Gobbato
at Arts Cape theatre 2008
Treemonisha Ned Directed by Paricia Panthon
Martinique France 2009
Wnnie the Opera The Madalaz Directed by Shirely-Jo Finney
at Pretoria State Theatre 2011
Gianni Schichi Simone Conducted by Philipe Milla
at Pretoria State Theatre 2011
Fairy Queen Drunken Poet Directed by at Joseph Stone Auditorium 2012
African Angels Bass Solo/Chorus Directed by Leoni Jansen in 2013
at several locations in Netherlands and Belgium
Macbeth Banco Directed by Brett Bailey in 2014
Toured in Portugal, Spain, France
Roles learnt
Opera Role
Tosca Angelotti
Don Giovanni Maseto
Extracts performed
Opera Role Act
Barber of Seville Basillio Act 2 scene 1
Don Carlo Monk Act 2
La Boheme Colline Act 4
Oratorio performed
Verdi Requiem Performed at the New Apostolic church hall
References
Prof Kamal Khan Director of the Opera school at the University Of Cape Town College Of Music.
Prof Angelo Gobbato opera director. Email; angelo@iafrica.com
Christine Crouse artistic director of Cape Town Opera. Email;
christinecrouse@capetownopera.co.za
Patric Tikolo vocal trainer at the University of Cape Town College of Music
Ted Hands vocal coach contacts +27(0)711083938

3. Biography of Ebenezer Sawuli
Ebenezer Sawuli was born 1976 in Port Elizabeth, where he grew up and primarily obtained his
musical knowledge at Cowan High School.
His career in singing started at an early age; he sang in several local choirs and was initially exposed
to the world of opera during high school with numerous competitions. His love for performing in
operas lead him to join the Dimpo De Kopano lyric theater in 2000, his roles there included: Diesel in
West Side Story, Zuniga in Carmen as well as the part of the Angels/disciples in Mysteries directed
by Mark Donford-May. Ebenezer also joined the Cape Town Opera choral training program in 2002
where he performed his first opera choruses such as Nabucco, La- Traviata, Faust and La Damnation
de Faust.
In 2004 he was an active part in the best feature film of the year u-Khamen e-Khayelitsha
(CARMEN--Bitzet) which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival 2005.
In 2007 he cast the bass role in the Verdi Requiem at New Apostolic and was invited to join the Cape
Town Opera Young Artist Program (STUDIO). In the same year Ebenezer starred as Sarastro in the
Magic Flute in a William Kendridge production, Colline in La Bohème and he additionally attended
the University of Cape Town College of Music. There he acquired several roles the following year in
operas like Grieux in Manon Massenet at the Artscape Theater Centre, Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Il
Commendatore and the role of Seneca in Coronation of Poppea; directed by Prof. Angello Gobatto.
In 2008 he sang the role of Il Commendatore at the Joseph Stone Auditorium and Don Giovanni at
the Baxter Theater which were both conducted by Prof. Khamal Khan.
In 2009 Ebenezer played the role of NED in the musical opera Treemonisha in Martinique, directed
by Patricia Phanton.
In 2010 he was requested as the guest soloist to perform in the Nation Building Festival in the
Johannesburg Standard Bank Arena.
2011 he was casted for the new musical opera called Winnie Mandela performed at the Pretoria State
Theatre and in 2012 he sang as the Drunken Poet in the Fairy Queen Opera at the Jospeh Stone
Auditorium. The opportunity of touring in Europe revealed itself in 2013 as he performed as a soloist
and in the chorus of the African Angels musical and opera production. Furthermore the challenge of
touring was exempted in 2014, where Ebenezer travelled to Spain, Portugal and France where he
performed as Banco in the Macbeth Opera directed by Brett Bailey. In the same year he also attended
a musical workshop held in Angola. His last performance that year was at the National Choir Festival
as the King (“Mein Herr und Gott” – Aria from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner) at the CPUT in Cape
Town.
Currently he is working with Prof Khamal Khan as his voice teacher.