William Kentridge’s Sibyl Tickets
About William Kentridge’s Sibyl
ARTIST BIO
William Kentridge is a globally celebrated South African artist working across drawing, animation, sculpture, theatre, and opera. Known for his handmade stop-motion films and erasure-driven drawings, Kentridge explores the psychological and political residues of apartheid and colonialism. His stage works, including Refuse the Hour, The Head & the Load, and The Great Yes The Great No, integrate music, movement, and projection into dynamic visual scores. Sibyl continues this legacy. Kentridge has exhibited at MoMA, Whitechapel, and UCCA Beijing and has received honors including the Kyoto Prize, the Princesa de Asturias Award, the Charles Eliot Norton Lectureship at Harvard, and induction into the Beaux Arts in Paris (February 2025).
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Sibyl is co-commissioned by Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Dramaten-Stockholm.
Executive Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film.
Photo Credit: Stella Olivier
Run time
1hr 25min. 1 intermission.
Venue
Start date
October 8th, 2025
End date
October 11th, 2025
William Kentridge’s Sibyl cast and creative team
Concept and Director: William Kentridge
Choral Composer and Associate Dirrector: Nhlanhla Mahlangu
Composer and Music Director: Kyle Shepherd
Editor and Compositor: Žana Marović
Costume Designer: Greta Goiris
Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen
Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum
Associate Lighting Designer: Elena Gui
Cinematographer: Duško Marović SASC
Piano: Kyle Shepherd
Voice, Dance: Nhlanhla Mahlangu
Voice, Dance: Xolisile Bongwana
Dance: Thulani Chauke
Dance: Teresa Phuti Mojela
Dance: Thandazile “Sonia” Radebe
Voice: Ayanda Nhlangothi
Voice: Zandile Hlatshwayo
Voice: Siphiwe Nkabinde
Voice: S’busiso Shozi
More information about William Kentridge’s Sibyl
SOUTH AFRICA
Part 1
The Moment Has Gone
Part 2
Waiting For The Sibyl
William Kentridge electrified the opera world with his acclaimed stagings of works by Berg, Mozart, and Shostakovich, performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre National de l’Opéra (Paris), and beyond. In Sibyl, he offers a two-part production that confronts our desire to know the future—and the forces that obscure it. Sibyl earned Kentridge the 2023 Olivier Award winner for outstanding achievement in opera.
Inspired by the ancient myth, Waiting for the Sibyl is a chamber opera featuring ten performers immersed in Kentridge’s dynamic visual language: hand-painted backdrops, animated ink drawings, projected text, collage, and shadow play. The score by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd layers South African vocal harmonies with rhythmic chant and piano.
The evening opens with The Moment Has Gone, a film by Kentridge with live musical accompaniment featuring Shepherd’s original piano score and an all-male vocal chorus led by Mahlangu.
“Relentless, vertiginous and astonishing … Kentridge at his best.” —The Guardian
“Combining art, theater, music, and dance, Sibyl is 21st-century international culture par excellence.” —Financial Times
“William Kentridge blows up the future, in spectacular style . . . Continuously original, deeply humane, and vividly thought-provoking, the South African William Kentridge is one of the greatest artists of our time.” ★★★★★—The Telegraph
Show schedule
| Day of week | Matinee | Evening |
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| Tuesday | - | - |
| Wednesday | - | 7:30 PM |
| Thursday | - | 8:00 PM |
| Friday | - | 7:30 PM |
| Saturday | 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
| Sunday | - | - |
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