The music room of the Ospedaletto is known for its remarkable acoustics. Marica S. Tacconi November 14, 2023 Music painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later Marica S. Tacconi, Penn State On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She’s since embarked on a project to bring this forgotten music back.
Pretty Yende performs at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 2019. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images May 6, 2023 The empire sings back: the deep history behind South African soprano Pretty Yende’s triumph Thembela Vokwana, University of Fort Hare Singing at King Charles III’s coronation tells a story of global histories coming full circle.
Soprano Pretty Yende has been chosen to perform at the coronation of UK monarch King Charles III. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images February 23, 2023 Pretty Yende, a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings Wayne Muller, Stellenbosch University Performing at the coronation of King Charles III will be just one of many firsts for the activist soprano.