Growing up in South Africa, internationally celebrated opera singer Pretty Yende hadn’t even heard of opera until she was almost out of high school. Now, she’s hailed as one of her generation’s most ...

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 ...

What would it look like? The Bal d’Été at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris offered one example. By Vanessa Friedman “Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals ...

In fact it was one of the genuine encores which told us why Yende is already so much in demand at the Met – Pamina, Lucia, Adina and Rosina are in prospect there, according to the programme - and by ...

NEW YORK — When the soprano Pretty Yende was training in the young artist academy at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, coaches suggested she study the title role of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” “I ...

South African opera singer Pretty Yende, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last years, has hit new heights in a Paris production of "La Traviata" where the heroine is a social media influencer ...

When I think of the month of May, I think of FLOWERS!! So today's Beautiful Music is the beloved FLOWER DUET from Leo Delibes' opera LAKME. This live concert recording was made at the Philharmonie de ...