2nd Prize 2022
Roles Performed
2022 Chief Hijangua, Chief Hijangua (E. Hindundu), National Theatre of Namibia, Windhoek , Namibia
2020 Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (W. A. Mozart), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Roles Studied/Covers
2021 Traveller, Curlew River (B. Britten), University of Cape Town, South Africa
2014 Frank, Fledermaus (J. Strauss), University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Education
2021 Postgraduate Studies in Opera Performance, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2020 Advanced Diploma in Opera Performance, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2014-18 Bachelor of Music, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Competitions and Awards
2020 1st Prize, Low Voice Category in the Shock Foundation Opera Competition, South Africa
2020 Finalist, Voices of South Africa International Competition, South Africa
Dated: Summer 2022
What does it mean to you to make music/to sing?
Making music to me means I get to share my story to the world, and express it to a point that it reaches someone's heart.
Through performing I also relate what the composer has written to my personal life, and most of the time that helps me to express the written piece intensively.
To which music do you love to dance?
There’s a musical genre in South Africa called House Music (Black Coffee’s Music), and that is the music that I love to dance to.
Plans or Surprises?
Plans because I have this plan to learn as many opera roles as possible.
| Composer | Opera/Operetta | Aria | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | Hai già vinta la causa / Vedrò mentr'io sospiro | Il Conte |
| 2 | Ambroise Thomas | Hamlet | O vin, dissipe | Hamlet |
| 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel | Rinaldo | Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto | Argante |
| 4 | Pjotr Tchaikovsky | Pique Dame | Ja vas ljublju | Fürst Jeletzki |
| 5 | Giuseppe Verdi | Falstaff | È sogno? O realtà? | Ford |