3 South Africans make it to Neue Stimmen final
mainNo question where the next stream of opera voices is coming from.
Judges last night whittled down the Neue Stimmen candidates from 19 to 11. Three S. Africans still standing.
Miriam Albano – Mezzo soprano – Italy
Mario Bochmanova – Soprano – Russia
Chen Dashuai – Tenor – China
Elsa Dreisig – Soprano – France
Jung Rae Kim – Baritone – Korea
Lukhanyo Moyake – Tenor – South Africa
Bongiwe Nakani – Mezzo Soprano – South Africa
Darren Pati – Tenor – New Zealand
Luthando Qave – Baritone – South Africa
Anatoli Sivko -Bass – Belarus
Camila Titinger – Soprano – Brazil
The final is Saturday night, streamed exclusively here.
Sadly not from the UK. If you go to performances of opera at the Royal Academy or Royal College of Music in London you hear very good singing, but mostly from people from other parts of the world eg South Africa.
I was at the first round last Monday. I’m not surprised in the slightest that Elsa Dreisig is through to the final round!!!!