Cape Town Opera rejects Tutu’s plea

By Lelethu Mquqo
27 October 2010


Cape Town Opera has rejected Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s plea, to cancel a planned visit to Israel next month in protest over Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Managing director Michael Williams said in a statement that while they respect Tutu's views, they are first and foremost an arts company.

Williams says they believe in promoting universally held human values through opera.

They are reluctant to adopt a political position of disengagement from cultural ties with Israel or with Palestine.

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