Jacques le Roux This led to him winning various competitions, prizes and scholarships, such as the UNISA Voice Competition and the ATKV Music Competition. He was also nominated as a finalist in the Belvedere singing competition in Vienna, Austria. In 2006 le Roux was part of the Resident Artist Program of the Nationale Reisopera in Enschede, the Netherlands, where he sang the role of Pedrillo in The Abduction from the Seraglio, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The following year 2007 marked his European stage debut. His success in the role of Don Ramiro in G. Rossini’s La Cenerentola, at the World Youth
Il Postino (opera) Il Postino (opera) Il Postino is an opera in three acts by Daniel Catán with a Spanish libretto by the composer. Based on the novel " Ardiente paciencia" by Antonio Skármeta and the film "Il Postino" by Michael Radford, the work contains elements of drama and comedy, integrating themes of love and friendship along with political and spiritual conflict. The opera premiered at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by Los Angeles Opera on 23 September 2010. Set on a small Italian island, exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda receives so much fan mail that a personal postman, Mario Ruoppolo, is hired to