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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Pretty Yende walked on stage for her Metropolitan Opera debut 21 months ago, she immediately fell for the audience. But not nearly as hard as the audience fell for her. The South ...

What's not to love about Pretty Yende? Her voice is delightful, her personality sparkles, and her story is inspiring. Just 31, Yende has gone from life in a South African township to stardom on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP) Preparing to exit the stage during the opening moments of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera, Pretty Yende tripped on a couple of steps leading down from a wooden platform and fell ...

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Pretty Yende sings with her customary exquisite delicacy as Semele - Alastair Muir Semele has always annoyed the puritans. At the 1744 premiere of Handel’s gorgeously entertaining oratorio, it was ...