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 ...

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 ...

She hasn’t looked back, and to go with a beautiful voice that’s much richer than she or others first thought, a lyric soprano that can also cope with Sutherland-style coloratura, is a personality that ...

“A live performance is another leap of faith, because it's live performance. It's not manipulated. You cannot go back. So it's a wonderful adventure,” Pretty Yende tells me. We’re backstage at the ...

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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 ...

For years, Vocal Arts DC has been championing promising singers, such as the now-celebrated artists Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson and Matthias Goerne. On Thursday night, the group put another winner ...