“The Voice Is Number One” – Pumeza Matshikiza On Her Life As An Opera Singer

“The Voice Is Number One” – Pumeza Matshikiza On Her Life As An Opera Singer

For centuries, opera has been an European art form – its tales and music emerging from the literature, the librettists and the composers of  the European continent.  With the discovery of the New World, the art form reached across the Atlantic. It was only in 1955 that Marian Anderson (b1897) became the first African-American to…

Pumeza Matshikiza – ‘Song to the Moon’ from ‘Arias’.
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Pumeza Matshikiza – ‘Song to the Moon’ from ‘Arias’.

Pumeza Matshikiza’s album Arias (Decca) is a portrait collection of arias, art songs and popular songs that she sings with ravishing beauty. Checkout this video of her recording Dvorak’s Song to the Moon which is featured on the album. Pumeza visits Sydney next week to perform for the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Fundraising Dinner…