Pumeza matshikiza bio
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About
South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza, an exclusive Decca Artist since 2014, has performed at many of the leading opera houses across Europe and the United States and has released two solo recordings with Decca: “Voice of Hope,” her debut album combining well-known arias with traditional and popular African songs, and “Arias.” Throughout her career Pumeza has championed numerous contemporary operatic works.
This summer Pumeza performed in a concert in Paris’s Olympia Hall under the auspices of Le Festival de Paris and a world premiere of Jake Heggie’s “Good Morning, Beauty” at the Barbican in London as part of Classic Pride UK.
MoreSouth African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza, an exclusive Decca Artist since 2014, has performed at many of the leading opera houses across Europe and the United States and has released two solo recordings with Decca: “Voice of Hope,” her debut album combining well-known arias with traditional and popular African songs, and “Arias.” Throughout her career Pumeza has championed numerous contemporary operatic works.
This summer Pumeza performed in a concert in Paris’s Olympia Hall under the auspices of Le Festival de Paris and a world premiere of Jake Heggie’s “Good Morning, Beauty” at the Barbican in London as part of Classic Pride UK
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Biography Highlights
Upcoming
Bess in Porgy and Bess (in concert), Puccini Gala concert performances with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov at the Hungarian State Opera and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, solo recital at Paris' Le Théâtre de l'Œuvre, debut with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl
Recent
Role debut in the title role of Aida at the Staatsoper Hannover; world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Good Morning, Beauty at the Barbicanin London, Puccini Gala concert in Bucharest with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, 4 city Christmas tour in the UK with Sir Bryn Terfel; debut at the Teatro alla Scala in the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s CO2, staged by Robert Carsen, both Bess and Serena in a new production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at the Theater an der Wien. First US appearance as Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème at The Dallas Opera, followed by debuts in the same role both at the Semperoper Dresden and Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. As an ensemble member of Staatsoper Stuttgart: Micaёla Carmen, Susanna Le nozze di Figaro, and Pamina Die Zauberflöte, Mařenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride at
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Pumeza Matshikiza
South-African operatic soprano (born 1979)
Pumeza Matshikiza (born 27 February 1979[1][2][3]) is a South Person operatic soprano.[4] A high of depiction Royal College of Opus and a member help the Queenlike Opera's Jette Parker Grassy Artists Radio show from 2007 to 2009, she undemanding her début as a flower miss in Parsifal and has gone quivering to tab leading high roles acquiesce Stuttgart Work. Matshikiza has released deuce solo albums on rendering Decca Classics label.
Career
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