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
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now on bbc news: zeinab badawi meets two young opera stars who are grappling with a new world of opera. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to tell you about some of the names in opera who are making it fit for the future. meet south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha, who loves song contests, and is tipped to become a superstar. i was in love with opera from the beginning, but i actually did not know there was opera, ijust thought it was music.
masabane cecilia rangwanasha. i am very happy. i am very happy to be part of this amazing contest. i am going to be honest, the main thing, yes, is to win. but why i go to the competition is to learn. most of the time in these big competitions there are people who are established singers, so you learn how they behave on stage. but winning is important, right? winning is also important! cecilia s talent shines
and then ijoined the church choir, and ijoined the school choir. i took part in the singing 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, she won a coveted place on the young artists programme here at the royal opera house. many hundreds apply, but only a handful are