Port Elizabeth born Noluvuyiso Mpofu has made history by becoming the first non-British artist to win the John Christie Award for the most promising young singer of the year. The award is named after the founder of the Glyndebourne Opera Festival.
The good news is currently taking pride of place on the home page of the Glyndebourne Festival, an accolade indeed for this rising young South African star. Mpofu made her debut at the festival last month.
Having just returned home, she is now due to join the Glyndebourne autumn tour in the lead role of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Congratulations Noluvuyiso.
Take a look at Noluvuyiso in action.
The John Christie Award is an annual scholarship given to a promising young singer to fund private study and has been awarded since 1965 by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Past winners include: Ryland Davies [1965], Richard Van Allan [1966], Gerald Finley [1989], Kate Royal [2004], Matthew Rose [2006], Allan Clayton [2008], Duncan Rock [2010] and Louise Alder [2014].
