What goes through the mind of the award-winning young soprano Nombulelo Yende as she steps onto the stage at Oper Frankfurt for a major role debut with just a few rehearsals? Nina Brazier chats to her before rehearsals begin, and in her dressing room during a performance. Meanwhile, internationally acclaimed alumna of the Oper Frankfurt Studio, Mezzo Soprano Paula Murrihy shares her journey as one of the first participants of the programme, and reveals the pivotal moment in her operatic career.

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Frankfurt Opera Studio Documentary https://operavision.eu/performance/frankfurt-opera-studio-soiree (from 03.03.23)

Frankfurt Opera Studio Soirée https://operavision.eu/performance/frankfurt-opera-studio-soiree (from 09.03.23)

An evening of Operetta & Zarzeuela from the Centre de Perfeccionament del Palau de les Arts (until 16.03.23)

Music Extracts

Introduction & closing: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Overture.

Puccini Sì, mi chiamano Mimì from La Bohème Soprano Nombulelo Yende at the final of the Neue Stimmen competition in 2019.

Tchaikovsky The letter scene from Eugene Onegin, Soprano Nombulelo Yende accompanied by Pianist Yuna Saito.