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I was in love with opera from the beginning, but i actually did not know there was opera, ijust thought it was music. and, exciting french tenor benjamin bernheim on the thrill of live performances. what we want is for people to dress up and come to see us, and come to the opera house and the concert hall. what does the future hold for young singers in an opera world that has been transformed by technology, social media, and demands for greater diversity? and, could the changes make opera better and more popular? let me take you to the opera.

And, exciting french tenor benjamin bernheim on the thrill of live performances. what we want is for people to dress up and come to see us, and come to the opera house and the concert hall. what does the future hold for young singers in an opera world that has been transformed by technology, social media, and demands for greater diversity? and, could the changes make opera better and more popular? let me take you to the opera. passionate singing applause south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha

In the world all the content that we have for the price of a cup of coffee, it devalues our work. i think it is important not to make it expensive, not to make it out of reach, but do not go too far in a direction where you are not going to be able to come back. increasingly, opera singers will be aware that this is a global art form, and that they need to embrace that. it has the potential to inspire singers from different parts of the world, so it is an exciting time. the world of opera is clearly changing post covid—19 for both audiences and artists. but nothing can ever beat that rush of...

Competitions and that was when my mum saw that i actually loved singing. when i finished school 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? cecilia, as her mother called her, studied music at the tshwane university of technology in pretoria, and then at cape town university, where she joined the opera company in the city, and that is when the competitions got serious. after an audition in 2019, s...

Character we are telling that should be important. # she wasn't 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 think there is a future for young women like me, black women, in opera. would you like to see centres of opera elsewhere in the world, in africa, for instance? yes, i know in south africa now it is getting, people now know about it, than when i started.