Vuyisa Xipu

Vuyisa Xipu

1999

Tenor

South Africa

Most Current

Vuyisa is a first year post graduate student at the University of Cape Town.

Past Engagements/Roles performed

2024 Elmelik, Dalinda (G. Donizetti), University of Cape Town

2023 Gastone, La traviata (G. Verdi), University of Cape Town

2023 Frantz, The Tales of Hoffmann (J. Offenbach), University of Cape Town

2022 Oronte, Alcina (G. F. Händel), University of Cape Town

2022 Zachary Macaulay, Sarah Baartman (H. Hofmeyr), University of Cape Town

2019 Chorus Member, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (V. Bellini), University of Cape Town

Roles Studied/Covered

2023 Nathaneal, The Tales of Hoffmann (J. Offenbach), University of Cape Town

2023 Pittichinacio, The Tales of Hoffman (J. Offenbach), University of Cape Town

Education

2024 Quarter Finalist, Belvedere Competition, Jurmala

2024 Winner, FoCTo singing competition, Cape Town

2023 Finalist, FoCTo singing competition, Cape Town

 

Dated: 2024

 

Composer

Opera/Operetta

Aria

Role

1

Gaetano Donizetti

La fille du régiment

A mes amis / Pour mon âme

 

2

Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

Lunge da lei / De' miei bollenti spiriti

 

3

Georg Friedrich Händel

Semele

Where'er you walk

 

4

Richard Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier

Di rigori armato il seno

 

5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Die Zauberflöte

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