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Pretty Yende Soprano
Season 25/26 ArtistSeason 26/27 Artist

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Biography

Born in South Africa, Pretty Yende made her debut in Riga as Micaëla (Carmen). A prizewinner at the Belvedere Competition in 2010 and the Operalia in 2011, she is a graduate of the La Scala Academy.

She performs, among others, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (Le Comte Ory, The Barber of Seville, Roméo et Juliette, I Puritani, Lucia di Lammermoor, Les Pêcheurs de perles, La Fille du régiment), at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (L’Elisir d’amore), at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (La Sonnambula), at the Zurich Opera House, at the Vienna State Opera (La Traviata), at the Royal Ballet and Opera (Sémélé), and at the Frankfurt Opera (Julius Caesar in Egypt).

During the 2025–2026 season, she notably sings Adina (L’Elisir d’amore) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Vienna State Opera, Violetta (La Traviata) at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Norina (Don Pasquale) at the Vienna State Opera, and Leonora (Il Trovatore) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

At the Opéra national de Paris: The Barber of Seville (Rosina), 2016; Lucia di Lammermoor (title role), 2016; Benvenuto Cellini (Teresa), 2018; Don Pasquale (Norina), 2019; La Traviata (Violetta Valéry), 2019; Manon (title role), 2020; L’Elisir d’amore (Adina), 2021; The Magic Flute (Pamina), 2022; Roméo et Juliette (Juliet), 2023; The Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia), 2023.

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  • Opéra Bastille
  • from 23 March to 13 April 2027
  • Opéra Bastille
  • from 04 June to 13 July 2026
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Born in South Africa Academy of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

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