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Music and african music, which is actually not farfrom opera. in the autumn of 2021, cecilia is taking a major step in her career when she becomes a house soloist with the swiss national opera in the capital, bern. cecilia is a special talent, and its notjust because of her voice, which is of course glorious, and especially for her age as well. she is an outstanding talent, considering how young she is. but it is also the fabulous warmth she brings to her performing. there is a real humanity and...

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The stories we are telling does not discriminate, does not choose who or how you look like, where you come from, and it doesnt matter who is telling the story. it is the story of the character we are telling that should be important. # she wasnt wearing slacks...#. cecilia would like to be seen as a role model for black artists wanting to make it in opera. so, i think slowly but surely, we are going to have more people of colour singing in these big houses, so i think it is going there, and i th...

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It has not been an easy path for black opera singers. the royal opera house is one of the busiest theatres in the world, and it is also leading in its drive for greater diversity and inclusion. black opera singers, mostly african—americans, are among some of the best—known names in opera history. but over the decades, the former is of colour have faced major obstacles in securing big roles. for man , obstacles in securing big roles. for many, many years it was very hard for black— many, ma...

Competitions and that when my mum saw that i actually loved singing. when i finished, she asked what i wanted to study and i said law. and she said why not music because you are already singing? and i said actually this is what i wanted to do but i was afraid to say it because, you know, they are going to say, what is opera? you know, they are going to say, what is opera?— what is opera? cecilia, as her mother called _ what is opera? cecilia, as her mother called her, _ what is opera? cecilia,...

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Now meet french tenor benjamin bernheim, who has big ideas about the future of opera. he is already in great demand at opera houses all over the world. i think benjamin bernheim is one of the most exciting of our younger tenors and he is rightly making a name for himself all over the world. one of the main reasons is because he combines an extraordinary vocal talent with a thoughtfulness on stage.

Not least because it sits within a tradition of diversity on our stage. we are proud of the fact that singers of colour were performing on our stage right back to the 1950s, 1960s, �*70s, some really famous names in there. grace bumbry being just one. its important we carry on that tradition. i met grace at a competition and we didnt have much time, but we did take pictures and she did give a talk to encourage everyone to say how well we are doing. we know that performers in the past in opera,...