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Pretty Yende

December 15, 2023

Pretty Yende OIS (born 6 March 1985) is a South African soprano.[1] She has performed leading roles at opera houses internationally, including La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. She performed at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.

Pretty Yende

OIS
Yende at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013
Born (1985-03-06) 6 March 1985 (age 38)
Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Alma mater
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)
Years active2009–present
Websitewww.prettyyende.com

Early life and education edit

Born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga,[2] Yende was inspired to learn opera at age 16 after seeing a British Airways TV advertisement that featured the Flower Duet from Lakmé.[3] She subsequently enrolled at the South African College of Music, where her teachers included Virginia Davids, and from which she graduated cum laude. She also graduated from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. Her younger sister, Nombulelo Yende, is also an opera singer.[4]

Yende won two prizes in the 2008 International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch: the Prize of the Province of North Brabant, and the Engagement Opera Riga, which gave her the opportunity to take part in the new year concert at the Latvian National Opera in December.[5] She won first prize in operetta and opera at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2009 in Vienna.[6] In 2010, Yende won first prizes at three competitions: 1st Vincenzo Bellini International Competition,[7] 1st International Singing Competition of Savonlinna Opera Festival (shared),[8] 6th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition.[9] In 2011, she won first prize at Operalia, held that year in Moscow.[10]

Career edit

Yende performed Berenice in L'occasione fa il ladro (2010) and Elvira in L'italiana in Algeri (2011) as part of the academy at La Scala,[11][12] where she sang four roles next season: the Priestess (Aida), Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro), Norina (Don Pasquale), Musetta (La bohème).[13] Alongside Bryan Adams and Andrea Bocelli, she appeared in the closing concert of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 9 July 2010, two days before the final.[14] She was featured in Bocelli's Live in Central Park concert on 15 September 2011,[15] which was aired on PBS's Great Performances and physically released as Concerto: One Night in Central Park.[16] They united in the concert entitled Amore e perdono held by the Fetzer Institute at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on 22 September 2012, which was aired on Rai 1 on 29 September 2012.[17]

Yende made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York City on 17 January 2013, in the role of Adèle in Rossini's Le comte Ory, as a substitute for Nino Machaidze.[18][2] She subsequently stepped in for Cecilia Bartoli in the same role at the Theater an der Wien.[19] In July 2014, she returned to La Scala for Le comte Ory, alternating Countess Adèle with Aleksandra Kurzak.[20] Later in the year, she returned to New York for The Magic Flute (Pamina) at the Met, and between the performances she sang at the Richard Tucker Gala and made her Carnegie Hall debut in a solo recital.[21] In 2015 she portrayed Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Los Angeles Opera.[22] In 2016 she portrayed Rosina in The Barber of Seville and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Paris Opera.[23]

Yende is credited as a primary artist for the "Ode À L'Humanité" (Ode to Humanity, previously called Aria) track on the Yanni/Plácido Domingo collaboration Inspirato (2014).[24]

In 2018, she portrayed Adina in Bartlett Sher's production of L'elisir d'amore at the Metropolitan Opera, which ran through January and February.[25]

In 2023, Yende performed at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla. She sang "Sacred Fire", a piece written by Sarah Class for the Coronation.[26]

Incident in Paris edit

Yende accused French border police of police brutality and racial discrimination. She detailed on social media her experience of being treated like a criminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 21 June 2021 while arriving for her fourth La sonnambula performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. She said she was strip searched and held in a dark room with all her belongings taken.[27] The French National Police disputed that it was she that had a South African passport without a visa to enter. She did present her residence permit issued in Milan, with which she had always travelled throughout Europe,[28] yet they said she needed a separate one-time visa, while Yende and her lawyer claimed she had all the documents required.[27] They also denied having ordered her to undress but a pat-down by a female officer in accordance to standard procedure, and she left around 6 pm with a regularisation visa.[27][29][30]

DIRCO, aware of the incident, demanded explanation and investigation from the French authorities through the South African Embassy in Paris. It also voiced their intention to démarche the French Ambassador to South Africa, based in Pretoria, to convey its displeasure.[31]

Awards and honours edit

Yende was awarded Siola d'oro in 2011.[32] She won an Arca d'oro Italia Young Talents Award in 2012,[33] and performed a recital in Turin on 30 March 2013 owing to the award.[34]

She was conferred the Silver Order of Ikhamanga on 27 April 2013. In a statement by the chairperson of the National Orders Advisory Council, Dr. Cassius Lubisi, Yende was conferred the honour "for her excellent achievement and international acclaim in the field of world opera and serving as a role model to aspiring young musicians."[35][36]

She was one of the winners of the 2013 Women of the Year Awards by Glamour South Africa.[37] In September 2013 she received an Mbokodo Award in the category of opera.[38]

Yende won the Best Recording Solo Recital Award for her album A Journey in the 2017 International Opera Awards,[39] and was awarded the International Achiever Award in the 23rd South African Music Awards.[40] She won a Readers' Award in the 2018 International Opera Awards,[41] and the Cologne Opera Award (Kölner Opernpreis), received during the city's Floraball.[42] In 2019, she was invested a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.[43]

Discography edit

Yende signed a long-term recording contract with Sony Classical in October 2015.[44] Her first recording under this Sony contract was "A Journey".[45]

Opera roles edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Staff (1 February 2013). . Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Neophytou, Nadia (3 February 2013). "SA Soprano Pretty Yende takes NY by Storm". Eyewitness News (South Africa). Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. ^ Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim (1 February 2013). "Little Time to Prepare; Now a Legacy to Keep". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Nombulelo Yende gives opera concert in Sandton". Artslink.co.za. 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ Mcevoy, Chris (16 October 2008). "Yende's star rises high". UCT News.
  6. ^ "Winners Opera & Special Prizes". Belvedere Competition.
  7. ^ "Concours Bellini – Promotion 2010". Concours International de Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Oopperalaulukilpailu onnistui hyvin". Yle (in Finnish). 26 July 2010.
  9. ^ "6th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition". Leyle Gencer Voice Competition.
  10. ^ "List of Winners". Operalia Competition.
  11. ^ "Per il Progetto Accademia 2010 in scena alla Scala "L'occasione fa il ladro" di Rossini". Bit Culturali. 17 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Milano, Teatro alla Scala: "L'italiana in Algeri"". GBOpera. 12 July 2011.
  13. ^ . La Scala. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  14. ^ CBC Arts (29 April 2010). "Bryan Adams tapped for closing World Cup gig". CBC News.
  15. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (16 September 2011). "Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park". The New York Times.
  16. ^ "Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park". pbs.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Amore e perdono: ad Assisi il meeting internazionale del Fetzer Institute". Il sito di Perugia. 19 September 2012.
  18. ^ Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim (18 January 2013). "Wily Suitors and the Challenges of Chastity". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  19. ^ ""Le Comte Ory": Pretty Yende springt für Cecilia Bartoli ein". Der Standard. 13 February 2013.
  20. ^ "High notes at La Scala". IOL. 11 July 2014.
  21. ^ MacBlane, Amanda (10 October 2014). "Soprano Pretty Yende's New York Story Began in Rural South Africa". WQXR.
  22. ^ "Pretty Yende: An Opera Star Whose Rise Began with a Fall". NPR News. 20 March 2015.
  23. ^ Tom Huizenga (8 September 2016). "Review: Pretty Yende, 'A Journey'". NPR News.
  24. ^ "Pretty Yende / Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  25. ^ Oestreich, James R. (17 January 2018). "Review: A Donizetti Revival at the Met Hints at More to Come". The New York Times.
  26. ^ "Opera singer Yende 'too excited to be nervous' at king's coronation". Reuters. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  27. ^ a b c Hernández, Javier C. (23 June 2021). "South African Opera Star Says She Was Mistreated by French Police". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Pretty Yende, pomeriggio da incubo all'aeroporto di Parigi : "Maltrattata per motivi razziali in Francia"". la Repubblica. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  29. ^ "La soprano Pretty Yende dénonce des violences policières françaises". Le Point. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Opera singer says Paris police detained, strip searched her". ABC News. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  31. ^ "South Africa contacts French authorities following the ill treatment of opera star Pretty Yende" (Press release). DIRCO. 24 June 2021.
  32. ^ "Jessica Pratt vince la XV edizione del premio Pagliughi" (in Italian). Comune di Cesena. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  33. ^ Franchi, Susanna (31 October 2012). "L'Arca d'oro a Chailly". Il Giornale della Musica (in Italian).
  34. ^ Crema, Gabriella (30 March 2013). "Sven Väth "Re della Savana" allo Chalet; Pretty Yende alla scuola d'Applicazione". la Repubblica (in Italian).
  35. ^ "National Orders to be bestowed on deserving recipients". South African Government News Agency. 22 April 2013.
  36. ^ "SA: Statement by Cassius Lubisi, Chancellor of the National Orders..." (Press release). National Orders Advisory Council. 22 April 2013 – via Polity.org.za.
  37. ^ van der Westhuizen, Liezel (25 July 2013). "Living loud with Liezel: Glamour Women of the Year Awards". 48hours.co.za.
  38. ^ "Mbokodo Awards winners announced". Bizcommunity.com. 2 September 2013.
  39. ^ Salazar, Francisco (7 May 2017). "Opera Awards 2017 Winners: Lawrence Brownlee and Anna Netrebko Win Top Awards". OperaWire.
  40. ^ "SAMA 23 honours international achiever". The Gremlin. 15 May 2017.
  41. ^ Jackson, Claire (10 April 2018). "International Opera Awards reveals winners". Rhinegold Publishing.
  42. ^ Pauline Faust (6 June 2018). "Tanzen wie im 19. Jahrhundert Am Samstag findet der Flora-Ball statt". Kölnische Rundschau.
  43. ^ "SA opera star Pretty Yende awarded Italian knighthood". eNCA. 12 December 2019.
  44. ^ Mazzaro, Maria (January 2016). "Noteworthy & Now". Opera News. 80 (7). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  45. ^ Erica Jeal (29 September 2016). "Pretty Yende: A Journey CD review – fearless singing by new-wave South African". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

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December 15, 2023
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Pretty Yende OIS born 6 March 1985 is a South African soprano 1 She has performed leading roles at opera houses internationally including La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera She performed at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla Pretty YendeOISYende at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013Born 1985 03 06 6 March 1985 age 38 Piet Retief Mpumalanga South AfricaAlma materSouth African College of Music Accademia Teatro alla ScalaOccupationOpera singer soprano Years active2009 presentWebsitewww wbr prettyyende wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Incident in Paris 4 Awards and honours 5 Discography 6 Opera roles 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and education editBorn in Piet Retief Mpumalanga 2 Yende was inspired to learn opera at age 16 after seeing a British Airways TV advertisement that featured the Flower Duet from Lakme 3 She subsequently enrolled at the South African College of Music where her teachers included Virginia Davids and from which she graduated cum laude She also graduated from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan Italy Her younger sister Nombulelo Yende is also an opera singer 4 Yende won two prizes in the 2008 International Vocal Competition s Hertogenbosch the Prize of the Province of North Brabant and the Engagement Opera Riga which gave her the opportunity to take part in the new year concert at the Latvian National Opera in December 5 She won first prize in operetta and opera at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2009 in Vienna 6 In 2010 Yende won first prizes at three competitions 1st Vincenzo Bellini International Competition 7 1st International Singing Competition of Savonlinna Opera Festival shared 8 6th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition 9 In 2011 she won first prize at Operalia held that year in Moscow 10 Career editYende performed Berenice in L occasione fa il ladro 2010 and Elvira in L italiana in Algeri 2011 as part of the academy at La Scala 11 12 where she sang four roles next season the Priestess Aida Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro Norina Don Pasquale Musetta La boheme 13 Alongside Bryan Adams and Andrea Bocelli she appeared in the closing concert of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 9 July 2010 two days before the final 14 She was featured in Bocelli s Live in Central Park concert on 15 September 2011 15 which was aired on PBS s Great Performances and physically released as Concerto One Night in Central Park 16 They united in the concert entitled Amore e perdono held by the Fetzer Institute at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on 22 September 2012 which was aired on Rai 1 on 29 September 2012 17 Yende made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York City on 17 January 2013 in the role of Adele in Rossini s Le comte Ory as a substitute for Nino Machaidze 18 2 She subsequently stepped in for Cecilia Bartoli in the same role at the Theater an der Wien 19 In July 2014 she returned to La Scala for Le comte Ory alternating Countess Adele with Aleksandra Kurzak 20 Later in the year she returned to New York for The Magic Flute Pamina at the Met and between the performances she sang at the Richard Tucker Gala and made her Carnegie Hall debut in a solo recital 21 In 2015 she portrayed Susanna in Mozart s The Marriage of Figaro at the Los Angeles Opera 22 In 2016 she portrayed Rosina in The Barber of Seville and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Paris Opera 23 Yende is credited as a primary artist for the Ode A L Humanite Ode to Humanity previously called Aria track on the Yanni Placido Domingo collaboration Inspirato 2014 24 In 2018 she portrayed Adina in Bartlett Sher s production of L elisir d amore at the Metropolitan Opera which ran through January and February 25 In 2023 Yende performed at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla She sang Sacred Fire a piece written by Sarah Class for the Coronation 26 Incident in Paris editYende accused French border police of police brutality and racial discrimination She detailed on social media her experience of being treated like a criminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 21 June 2021 while arriving for her fourth La sonnambula performance at the Theatre des Champs Elysees She said she was strip searched and held in a dark room with all her belongings taken 27 The French National Police disputed that it was she that had a South African passport without a visa to enter She did present her residence permit issued in Milan with which she had always travelled throughout Europe 28 yet they said she needed a separate one time visa while Yende and her lawyer claimed she had all the documents required 27 They also denied having ordered her to undress but a pat down by a female officer in accordance to standard procedure and she left around 6 pm with a regularisation visa 27 29 30 DIRCO aware of the incident demanded explanation and investigation from the French authorities through the South African Embassy in Paris It also voiced their intention to demarche the French Ambassador to South Africa based in Pretoria to convey its displeasure 31 Awards and honours editYende was awarded Siola d oro in 2011 32 She won an Arca d oro Italia Young Talents Award in 2012 33 and performed a recital in Turin on 30 March 2013 owing to the award 34 She was conferred the Silver Order of Ikhamanga on 27 April 2013 In a statement by the chairperson of the National Orders Advisory Council Dr Cassius Lubisi Yende was conferred the honour for her excellent achievement and international acclaim in the field of world opera and serving as a role model to aspiring young musicians 35 36 She was one of the winners of the 2013 Women of the Year Awards by Glamour South Africa 37 In September 2013 she received an Mbokodo Award in the category of opera 38 Yende won the Best Recording Solo Recital Award for her album A Journey in the 2017 International Opera Awards 39 and was awarded the International Achiever Award in the 23rd South African Music Awards 40 She won a Readers Award in the 2018 International Opera Awards 41 and the Cologne Opera Award Kolner Opernpreis received during the city s Floraball 42 In 2019 she was invested a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy 43 Discography editYende signed a long term recording contract with Sony Classical in October 2015 44 Her first recording under this Sony contract was A Journey 45 2016 A Journey Marco Armiliato conducting RAI National Symphony Orchestra Sony 2017 Dreams Giacomo Sagripanti conducting Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Sony Opera roles editBerenice L occasione fa il ladro Rossini Elvira L italiana in Algeri Rossini Priestess Aida Verdi Barbarina The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Norina Don Pasquale Donizetti Musetta La boheme Puccini Comtesse Adele Le comte Ory Rossini Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti Micaela Carmen Bizet Juliette Romeo et Juliette Gounod Fiorilla Il turco in Italia Rossini Pamina The Magic Flute Mozart Rosina The Barber of Seville Rossini Susanna The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Adina L elisir d amore Donizetti Elvira I puritani Bellini Amira Ciro in Babilonia Rossini Marie La fille du regiment Donizetti Zoraide Ricciardo e Zoraide Rossini Leila Les pecheurs de perles Bizet Amina La sonnambula Bellini Violetta La traviata Verdi Manon Manon Massenet Stella Olympia Antonia Giulietta Tales of Hoffmann Offenbach See also edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp Opera portal nbsp South Africa portalList of alumni of the University of Cape Town List of South African musicians Music of South AfricaReferences edit Staff 1 February 2013 Pretty Good Met Debut for Yende Centre for Higher Education Development University of Cape Town Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 Retrieved 22 February 2013 a b Neophytou Nadia 3 February 2013 SA Soprano Pretty Yende takes NY by Storm Eyewitness News South Africa Retrieved 22 February 2013 Corinna da Fonseca Wollheim 1 February 2013 Little Time to Prepare Now a Legacy to Keep The New York Times Retrieved 17 October 2016 Nombulelo Yende gives opera concert in Sandton Artslink co za 16 March 2018 Mcevoy Chris 16 October 2008 Yende s star rises high UCT News Winners Opera amp Special Prizes Belvedere Competition Concours Bellini Promotion 2010 Concours International de Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini in French Retrieved 14 July 2019 Oopperalaulukilpailu onnistui hyvin Yle in Finnish 26 July 2010 6th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Leyle Gencer Voice Competition List of Winners Operalia Competition Per il Progetto Accademia 2010 in scena alla Scala L occasione fa il ladro di Rossini Bit Culturali 17 September 2010 Milano Teatro alla Scala L italiana in Algeri GBOpera 12 July 2011 La boheme Teatro alla Scala La Scala Archived from the original on 7 March 2013 Retrieved 22 February 2013 CBC Arts 29 April 2010 Bryan Adams tapped for closing World Cup gig CBC News Tommasini Anthony 16 September 2011 Andrea Bocelli Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park The New York Times Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park pbs org Retrieved 6 March 2021 Amore e perdono ad Assisi il meeting internazionale del Fetzer Institute Il sito di Perugia 19 September 2012 Corinna da Fonseca Wollheim 18 January 2013 Wily Suitors and the Challenges of Chastity The New York Times Retrieved 17 October 2016 Le Comte Ory Pretty Yende springt fur Cecilia Bartoli ein Der Standard 13 February 2013 High notes at La Scala IOL 11 July 2014 MacBlane Amanda 10 October 2014 Soprano Pretty Yende s New York Story Began in Rural South Africa WQXR Pretty Yende An Opera Star Whose Rise Began with a Fall NPR News 20 March 2015 Tom Huizenga 8 September 2016 Review Pretty Yende A Journey NPR News Pretty Yende Credits AllMusic Retrieved 4 April 2014 Oestreich James R 17 January 2018 Review A Donizetti Revival at the Met Hints at More to Come The New York Times Opera singer Yende too excited to be nervous at king s coronation Reuters 6 May 2023 Retrieved 6 May 2023 a b c Hernandez Javier C 23 June 2021 South African Opera Star Says She Was Mistreated by French Police The New York Times Retrieved 28 June 2021 Pretty Yende pomeriggio da incubo all aeroporto di Parigi Maltrattata per motivi razziali in Francia la Repubblica 22 June 2021 Retrieved 24 June 2021 La soprano Pretty Yende denonce des violences policieres francaises Le Point 22 June 2021 Retrieved 24 June 2021 Opera singer says Paris police detained strip searched her ABC News 23 June 2021 Retrieved 24 June 2021 South Africa contacts French authorities following the ill treatment of opera star Pretty Yende Press release DIRCO 24 June 2021 Jessica Pratt vince la XV edizione del premio Pagliughi in Italian Comune di Cesena 2 May 2013 Retrieved 14 March 2021 Franchi Susanna 31 October 2012 L Arca d oro a Chailly Il Giornale della Musica in Italian Crema Gabriella 30 March 2013 Sven Vath Re della Savana allo Chalet Pretty Yende alla scuola d Applicazione la Repubblica in Italian National Orders to be bestowed on deserving recipients South African Government News Agency 22 April 2013 SA Statement by Cassius Lubisi Chancellor of the National Orders Press release National Orders Advisory Council 22 April 2013 via Polity org za van der Westhuizen Liezel 25 July 2013 Living loud with Liezel Glamour Women of the Year Awards 48hours co za Mbokodo Awards winners announced Bizcommunity com 2 September 2013 Salazar Francisco 7 May 2017 Opera Awards 2017 Winners Lawrence Brownlee and Anna Netrebko Win Top Awards OperaWire SAMA 23 honours international achiever The Gremlin 15 May 2017 Jackson Claire 10 April 2018 International Opera Awards reveals winners Rhinegold Publishing Pauline Faust 6 June 2018 Tanzen wie im 19 Jahrhundert Am Samstag findet der Flora Ball statt Kolnische Rundschau SA opera star Pretty Yende awarded Italian knighthood eNCA 12 December 2019 Mazzaro Maria January 2016 Noteworthy amp Now Opera News 80 7 Retrieved 17 October 2016 Erica Jeal 29 September 2016 Pretty Yende A Journey CD review fearless singing by new wave South African The Guardian Retrieved 17 October 2016 External links editOfficial website Pretty Yende on Sony Masterworks Profile at Medici tv Take 5 Pretty Yende Opera News December 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pretty Yende amp oldid 1186040115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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