Pretty Yende’s debut solo album “A Journey” (Sony Classical) has been nominated for a 2017 International Opera Award in the Recording (Solo Recital) category. Winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony hosted on May 7 in London at the Coliseum. For additional details, including ticket information for the event, visit the International Opera Awards online.
Pretty Yende returns to The Metropolitan Opera in the first of two engagements this season, starring as Rosina in Rossini’s eternally popular classic, Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Ms. Yende sings the role from January 9 – February 11, with two casts including Peter Mattei and Edward Parks as Figaro, and Javier Camarena and Dmitry Korchak as Count Almaviva. Maurizio Benini leads the Met Opera Orchestra for this production, which features a {…}
Press Release: Pretty Yende will sing the role of Elvira in tomorrow evening’s performance of Bellini’s I Puritani, replacing Diana Damrau, who is ill. Ms. Yende, who has sung Elvira with Zurich Opera, recently starred as Rosina in a Met revival of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She made an unexpected Met debut in 2013 as Countess Adèle in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory and returned in 2014 to sing Pamina in Mozart’s Die {…}