Pretty Yende, a South African singer, is expected to perform at Charles III’s coronation on May 6, in front of tens of millions of television viewers.
Pretty Yende has appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera House, the Paris Opera, and La Scala in Milan.
The 38-year-old opera singer has been in high demand for the past ten years and will perform a composition by British composer Sarah Class.
Born in a township in Piet Retief, a city in the east of South Africa still under apartheid, the singer still can’t believe she was invited to sing at Charles III’s coronation a year ago, when he was still Prince of Wales.
The opera singer, who is quite active on social media, has used the hashtags #Prettyjourney (meaning both the journey of Pretty and the lovely voyage) and #PrettyArmy to motivate and inspire her numerous followers for many years.
The invitation is highly symbolic as the singer claims to be the first African singer to sing solo at a coronation of English kings and queens.
