Meet the prize-winning soprano from South Africa who joins us for our all-Mahler programme on 8 March.
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, our guest soloist in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, is definitely a rising star. Last year she was the winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Writing for The Arts Desk, David Nice rhapsodised that “in the final, my own tears flowed for the miracle of South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha embodying majestic, also nostalgic Elisabeth de Valois in her big summing-up aria from Verdi’s Don Carlos.’
Watch Masabane’s performance in the final of the competition – including ‘Beim Schlafengehen’ (‘Going to Sleep’) from Strauss Four Last Songs and ‘Toi qui sus le neant’ (‘You who know nothingness’) from Don Carlos here.
