Pretty Yende
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Biography
South African opera singer Pretty Yende was born in Piet Retief on March 6, 1985. She studied singing at the University of Cape Town and then at the Accademia della Scala in Milan. After winning several competitions, her international reputation grew on the opera stage in Porgy and Bess (Gershwin) and bel canto (Rossini, Donizetti). In 2011, she won first prize in the International Singing Competition organized by Operalia, as well as the Siola d'oro ("Golden Swallow"), in Gatteo, Italy. Two years later, on January 17 2013, Pretty Yende made her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in Rossini's Le Comte Ory, followed by a debut recital at London's Wigmore Hall. In 2014, she took over New York's Carnegie Hall and Washington's Kennedy Center for recitals. 2016 saw her sing in Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. It also saw the release of her first recording, A Journey, conducted by Marco Armiliato. It features bel canto arias by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Delibes and Gounod.
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- Amazing Grace by Pretty Yende
- Rodgers: Edelweiss featuring Nadine Sierra
- Three And Thirty Years
- A. Bergman, M. Bergman: The Way We Were featuring Nadine Sierra
- Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Op. 67: Les oiseaux dans la charmille featuring Giacomo Sagripanti
- Herbert: The Enchantress: Art Is Calling for Me featuring Giacomo Sagripanti
- Louiguy: La vie en rose featuring Nadine Sierra
- Libiamo ne' lieti calici featuring New York Philharmonic
- Hupfeld: As Time Goes By featuring Nadine Sierra
- Delibes: Lakmé / Flower Duet: Dôme épais le jasmin ... Sous le dôme épais featuring Nadine Sierra
- Mancini: Moon River featuring Nadine Sierra
- Donizetti: La fille du régiment: Chacun les sait, chacun le dit featuring Giacomo Sagripanti
- Arlen: Over the Rainbow featuring Nadine Sierra
- O soave fanciulla featuring New York Philharmonic
- Class: Sacred Fire
- Bellini: Norma: Deh! Con te, con te il prendi ... Mira, o norma ... Si, fino all'ore estreme featuring Nadine Sierra
- Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra: Non bastan quelle lagrime featuring Nadine Sierra
- La Bohème / Act 1: "O soave fanciulla" featuring New York Philharmonic
- Bellini: La sonnambula: Oh! Se una volta sola ... Ah! Non credea mirarti ... Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero featuring Giacomo Sagripanti
- Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve featuring Matthew Jorysz
- La traviata / Act 1: Libiamo ne' lieti calici featuring New York Philharmonic
- Delibes: Lakmé / Flower Duet: Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs featuring Nadine Sierra
- Ode à l'humanité (Ode To Humanity)
- Handel: Joshua, HWV 64, Pt. 3: No. 65, Oh, had I Jubal's lyre by Antonio Pappano
