A Congolese joins Covent Garden’s training roster

A Congolese joins Covent Garden’s training roster

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norman lebrecht

January 15, 2020

The ROH has announced four entrants to its Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, including one from central Africa.

The new trainees are:
British soprano Alexandra Lowe
Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Kseniia Nikolaieva
Russian tenor Egor Zhuravskii
Congolese bass Blaise Malaba

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:

    A black African should not deserve special mention in such program….. that should be real progress.

  • Sue Sonata Form says:

    Why make an issue of his race? Isn’t he just another good singer?

  • pageturner says:

    Hopefully an appointment made on the basis of skill and merit, rather than just ticking the diversity box

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