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The soprano Pretty Yende, appearing in Donizetti's “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Metropolitan Opera. Credit Nathan Bajar for The New York Times
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The New York Times
May 4, 2018
I was delighted to speak recently
with the thoughtful young soprano Pretty Yende, whose international
career has been taking off. She offered revealing comments about growing
up as a black girl in South Africa who stumbled into opera at 16 when,
of all things, she heard a British Airways television commercial. Ms.
Yende is back at the Metropolitan Opera singing the title role of
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” (There are two more performances.) It
took courage to sing this daunting role. But she had a breakthrough
success with Lucia in 2016 at the Paris Opera. Here she is singing the
climax of the mad scene during that run. ANTHONY TOMMASINI
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