Opera singer Pretty Yende returned to stage after the loss of her mother. Picture: pretty_yende_official/Instagram Opera singer Pretty Yende said she had to learn how to sing again, following her ...

A mishap in the South African soprano's Metropolitan Opera debut still makes her laugh, but that night ended with a standing ovation. Now she's in... Pretty Yende: An Opera Star Whose Rise Began With ...

South Africa's Pretty Yende became the first black woman to sing at the coronation of a British monarch on Saturday. Yende sang moments before Charles III was crowned king at London's Westminster ...

The South African soprano was invited to perform at the coronation of King Charles III, and first discovered opera from a TV ad. Here’s everything you need to know. Hailing from a small town in South ...

Follow the young South African soprano's fairytale rise to fame in a travelogue of classic arias and scenes by Rossini, Delibes and Bellini. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album ...

Soprano Pretty Yende sometimes hankers after the climate of her native land. “The sun! I miss the sun!” the South African singer exclaimed when asked for what home comforts she felt nostalgic. If she ...

Get all the top news & discounts for New Jersey & beyond. Rossen Milanov is thrilled to kick off 2023 with the high notes of an opera-focused program. He says, "Opera provides us with an incredible ...

While performers for the Coronation Concert have not been announced, the music for the crowning ceremony has been shared by Buckingham Palace Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at ...

When Pretty Yende made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2013, it was the result of a last-minute change in casting that both delighted and worried the opera world. Replacing Nino Machaidze after ...

She's South Africa's biggest opera export, a woman's whose startling voice has seen her rise to the top of the opera world - and now the celebrated soprano will be bringing her special brand of magic ...

South African vocal talent Pretty Yende has been invited to perform at the upcoming Coronation of Their Majesties, King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla. She made the announcement on Twitter ...

Had it not been for a random encounter with a British Airways television commercial when she was 16, soprano Pretty Yende might be crunching numbers in an office today rather than performing at some ...