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Pretty Yende on the raw power of music: ‘opera is literally soul food’

The soprano is singing the lead role of Semele this year, and her star is on the rise. She chats to India Block about getting in character and growing into her voice

Evening Standard

Semele review – Pretty Yende is a spirited but sketchy heroine in inconsistent Handel staging

Alice Coote’s vengeful Juno steals the show in Oliver Mears’ bleak and occasionally fussy production

The Guardian - UK

Semele at Royal Opera House review: 'deeply disturbing and thought provoking'

4/5 Oliver Mears’ creates a darker and more sinister take on Handel’s opera, with an impressive cast including Pretty Yende in the title role

Evening Standard

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The divine journey of South African soprano Pretty Yende

Born in South Africa during apartheid, Pretty Yende grew up singing hymns with her grandmother on the way to church. This past May she dazzled Westminster Abbey at the coronation of King Charles, cementing her status as one of the world's most sought-after sopranos. Yende says her journey is proof…

France 24

Access all arias for South Africa’s rising young opera singers

A pioneering initiative in Cape Town is helping a new generation thrive in what was once seen as a ‘white space’

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Under the Little Red Moon; Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch; Rigoletto – review

An ‘opera for tinies’ captivates its target audience; the mezzo of the moment dazzles at Oxford’s renamed song festival; and Oliver Mears’s #MeToo Verdi still resonates

The Guardian - UK

Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House review: a psychologically probing production

This revival as yet lacks the exemplary acting and dramaturgical tautness that were such a feature of the innovative 2021 production

Evening Standard

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World review – a surprise winner and unexpected vocal delights

Adolfo Corrado’s dramatic bass took the honours, but over the week’s competition there was plenty of excellent, stylish singing – and unexpected coloratura fireworks

The Guardian - UK

South African diamonds adorn the crown of King Charles – why they’re unlikely to be returned

Opera singer Pretty Yende and foreign minister Naledi Pandor were not the only South African presence at the coronation of King Charles III. Also there were the stones cut from the Cullinan diamond, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found.

The Conversation

Colonialism and controversial guests inform Africa’s reaction to Charles’s coronation

While some paid tribute to the British monarch, the presence in London of certain guests proved less than welcome

The Guardian - UK

All the women who stole the show at the coronation

From Princess Anne to Penny Mordaunt, many women made an impression today. By Katie Wright.

The Independent UK

Coronation fashion: a royal catwalk show to launch King Charles’s Britain

Tone is set by king and queen in royal regalia, but sword-wielding Penny Mordaunt steals limelight

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel very honoured’: South African soprano Pretty Yende sings at coronation

Star from small town who took up opera aged 16 becomes first African to sing solo at British coronation

The Guardian - UK

Pretty Yende dazzles in diamonds and Stéphane Rolland for the Coronation of King Charles III

Pretty Yende's diamonds are about to steal the show

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The empire sings back: the deep history behind South African soprano Pretty Yende's triumph

Among the invited artists at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III was the South African soprano, Pretty Yende. Coronations are not events that take place often. What made the moment special is not just singing for a new king, but the rareness of the occasion. After millions of global…

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S African opera singer excited to perform at Charles’s coronation

The South African is set to be the first African national to sing an opera solo at a British coronation ceremony.

The Guardian - UK

‘That one I’ve never heard of’: Africans unimpressed with Charles celebrations

The distant familiarity and affection many in the Commonwealth had with the Queen does not extend to her son

Bristol Post

Bristol-born composer writing music for King Charles' Coronation next month

“I feel very honoured and privileged and excited to be part of it”

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Pretty Yende, a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings

It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 37-year-old soprano was elated.

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab’s opera jibe hits a bum note

Brief letters: Class snobbery | Duke of Edinburgh walkers | Failing the balance test | One of ‘the girls’

The Independent UK

Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town

Call it bel canto in the Rust Belt

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