Featuring two talented women of colour at the Coronation is quite progressive of the British monarchy with its chequered history, both recent and past. In the light of family drama in the British ...

“I said that?” Yende, now 33, seems momentarily outraged at her chutzpah. We are backstage at the Bastille, the hulking 1980s theatre that is the home of the Opera National de Paris, where she is ...

“Pretty, are you sitting down?” South African soprano Pretty Yende was performing in Vienna last December when she received a call from her manager. She had just been booked for the biggest gig of her ...

What's not to love about Pretty Yende? Her voice is delightful, her personality sparkles, and her story is inspiring. Just 31, Yende has gone from life in a South African township to stardom on the ...

“A live performance is another leap of faith, because it's live performance. It's not manipulated. You cannot go back. So it's a wonderful adventure,” Pretty Yende tells me. We’re backstage at the ...

Pretty Yende has performed at major opera houses, but nothing is likely to compare to May 6, when she sings before a global audience of tens of millions at the coronation of King Charles III. The ...

It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 37-year-old soprano was elated. The invitation is ...

“The story is not a fairy tale. It's a true story and I'm a real person,” the Dior ambassador says one year after performing at the coronation of King Charles III. “Even though 2023 was really, really ...

Among the global music stars invited to perform at the grand reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is Pretty Yende. The South African soprana was also one of the invited artists at the ...