Pumeza Matshikiza

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Pumeza Matshikiza (born in Cape Town), often billed professionally as simply Pumeza, is a South-African operatic soprano. Pumeza studied at the University of Cape Town College of Music under Professor Virginia Davids, then at the Royal College of Music, London with a full three-year scholarship and in the Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she made her début as a Flower maiden in Parsifal. Winner of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin in 2010, Pumeza later joined the Stuttgart Opera, where she has been part of the full-time ensemble since 2011. Signing with the London-based label Decca in 2013, she recorded her debut album, Pumeza - Voice of Hope, at Abbey Road Studios. She sung one of the Innocents in the 2008 première of Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur, and her first major role was that of Mimi at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 in a production by Opera Bohemia. There she was described as "the real star of the show....who plays the role of Mimi...with a rich, lustrous voice. She also sang at the wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock, accompanied by French guitarist Eric Sempe and percussionist Patrick Mendez. Pumeza performed a rendition of "Freedom Come-All-Ye" at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which was viewed by one billion people worldwide. The song refers to Nyanga, one of the oldest black townships in Cape Town, which is also one of the places where Pume

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Voice Of Hope

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Obradors: Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol. 1: VI. Del cabello más sutil (Dos cantares populares)

God Bless Africa

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Song

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Pumeza: Voice Of Hope

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Baroque Gold - 100 Great Tracks

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The Classical Album 2015

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Catalani: La Wally / Act 1: "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"

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Hush, My Baby (Thula Baba)

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Tippett: A Child of our Time

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A Celebration of Paul Reade

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