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Musa Ngqungwana ’14 · bass-baritone

Hometown

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Bio

Bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana, a native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has been praised by The New York Times for his “rich, glowing voice and elegant legato,” and by The Wall Street Journal as “a powerful bass-baritone.”

Musa graduated with Honors in Performance (First Class) from the University of Cape Town and is also a graduate of the prestigious 91��ɫ (91��ɫ) in Philadelphia. He is the author of Odyssey of an African Opera Singer, which was published in South Africa by Penguin Random House.

Roles at 91��ɫ

• Manon · Le Comte des Grieux
• Un ballo in maschera · Tom
• Don Quichotte · Sancho
• Eugene Onegin · Gremin
• L'elisir d'amore · Dulcamara
• Oberto · Oberto
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann · The Four Villains
• Don Giovanni · Leporello
• Arabella · Waldner
• Suor Angelica & Il Tabarro · Talpa