Aubrey Lodewyk

Aubrey Lodewyk is a popular bariton, with various opera roles to his name. He also performs regularly at concerts, soirees, weddings and lieder recitals.

Born and raised in Rustenburg in the North West Province, Aubrey sang in his local Church Choir as soloist from an early age, and participated in many choral eisteddfods. After matriculating, he studied music privately with Unisa and Trinity College of Music, and in 2005 he obtained a National Diploma in Vocal Art Performance from the Tshwane University of Technology where he enrolled in 2003. Here he was given the opportunity of participating in student productions where he sang the following roles: ‘Dr. Malatesta’ in ‘Donizetti’s Don Pasquale’, ‘Tesoriere’ in ‘Verdi’sUn Giorno di Regno’.  In 2005 he sang the title role in ‘Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi’.

In 2006 Aubrey joined the Cape Town Opera Studio and enrolled for a Post Graduate Diploma in Music Performance at UCT. He  understudied the role of ‘Schaunard’ in ‘Puccini’s La Boheme’ and sang the role of ‘Gullielmo in ‘Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte’. In 2007 he sang the following minor roles; ‘Silas’ in the South African opera ‘The Orphans of Qumbu’, ‘Rambaldo’ in ‘Puccini’s La Rondine’ and De Bretigny in Massenet’s Manon. He also understudied the role of ‘Papageno’ in the William Kentridge production of Mozart’s opera ‘The Magic Flute’. Oratorio performances include the ‘Schubert Mass in C’ and G.F. Handel’s Messiah.
 
He performed at the Cape Town Festival classical concert and also sang in the Gauteng Choristers 8 years of Musical Excellence Concert, of which a SAMA nominated DVD was produced.