The 38-year-old says her performance in Westminster Abbey will mark the first time an African singer has performed solo for the coronation of a British monarch.
PARIS - 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."Generations from now they will read about the British monarchs... and they'll see the name of a girl from the tip of Africa written in there that she was actually invited by the king himself to sing at Westminster Abbey.
Opera "is a gift to humanity and there's something divine about it too", Yende said, adding that she hoped her performance would encourage more people to try it. Yende, who will sing a new piece by British composer Sarah Class, "Sacred Fire", has been in demand at the world's leading opera houses for a decade, with critics praising her charisma and luminous, bel canto timbre.
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