Pretty Yende

Born in South Africa, Pretty Yende reached the top of her opera career with extraordinary speed, and quickly became one of the brightest stars in the world of music. After her debut at the Latvian National Theater in Riga as Micaëla in Carmen, she performed in all major international theaters, including Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris, Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. 

Last season, Ms.Yende made her San Francisco Opera House debut as Violetta in  La Traviata. She returned to Wiener Staatsoper to star in the title role in Massenet’s Manon, and as Marie in La fille du regiment. Pretty reprised the role of Michaela in Carmen at Staatsoper Berlin. At the Staatsoper Hamburg she made her role debut as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and returned to all four heroines Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella in Offenbach’s Le Contes d’Hoffmann. 

Recent successes include her Metropolitan debut as Countess Adèle in Le Comte Ory, followed by Maria in La Fille du Régiment, and the roles like Rosina, Adina, Lucia, Juliette, Elvira and Pamina. She made her debut at the Opéra de Paris as Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia, followed by a new production of La Traviata staged by Simon Stone, return as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor. She was also Norina in Barcelona, ​​Micaëla and Susanna at  LA Opera, Elvira at the Opernhaus Zürich, Countess Adèle and Musetta at La Scala, Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini in Paris Opera, Amina in La Sonnambula in Vienna and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, to name a few.

This season, Pretty returns to Wiener Staatsoper to star in La Sonnambula. She is back to Paris Opera as Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Royal Opera House for Gilda in Rigoletto. Yende will reprise in La Traviata at Staatsoper Berlin and L’elisir d’Amore at Bayerische Staatsoper. Ms. Yende will make two role debuts: Cleopatra in Handel’s Guilio Cesare in Egitto in Frankfurt and the title role in Maria Stuarda in Naples.

Highlights on the concert stage include her Carnegie Hall recital, concerts in Switzerland, Spain, Austria, South Africa, Germany, Italy, France, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and USA.

Last season, Ms. Yende also made multiple recital appearances in Kansas, Princeton, Geneva, Naples, Gstaad, Vienna, Festival Auvers-sur-Oise. 

On May 6th  of 2023, Ms. Yende performed at Kind Charles III Coronation at Wesminster Abbey.