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The South African soprano wows the audience with astonishing vocal and dramatic qualities – but do they stretch to a programme of art song?

Lustrous-voiced soprano Omo Bello and pianist Clément Mao-Takacs delight their Amsterdam audience with a tasteful programme of Italian songs. 

Pretty Yende makes a successful New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall with a diverse selection of songs and arias.

A lack of engagement keeps Pretty Yende and James Vaughan at arm’s length in spite of accomplished performances

Juan Diego Flórez is one of the world’s most respected bel canto tenors. He has sung roles from Verdi to Donzetti operas and his performance of Pour mon ame... Ah mes amis from Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment at La Scala in Milan in 2007 broke the theatre’s 74 year old tradition of no encores.