One of several South African operatic singers to come to prominence in the 2000s and 2010s, Pretty Yende, a Zulu from the town of Piet Retief near the Swazi border, may have what it takes to outlast the first flush of stardom, and that's precisely because she has taken it slow and mastered one thing before moving on to another. She first came on the scene in 2009, but A Journey, her first album, did not appear until 2016. In between came a series of increasingly prominent operatic roles, including three acclaimed turns at ...
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One of several South African operatic singers to come to prominence in the 2000s and 2010s, Pretty Yende, a Zulu from the town of Piet Retief near the Swazi border, may have what it takes to outlast the first flush of stardom, and that's precisely because she has taken it slow and mastered one thing before moving on to another. She first came on the scene in 2009, but A Journey, her first album, did not appear until 2016. In between came a series of increasingly prominent operatic roles, including three acclaimed turns at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The concept of A Journey is unique: the program reflects milestones -- roles, prize victories, and even the ready-for-prime-time story of how Yende got interested in opera after hearing a British Airways commercial -- in Yende's career thus far. The pieces involved are all pretty common, but this gives the program a personal quality not found in debuts in which the singer attempts something purely standard. Yende started out singing operetta, a...
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