Wayne Muller

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Publications Editor / Research Fellow (Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation), Stellenbosch University

Cape Town Opera stages The Mandela Trilogy in Wales. John Snelling/Getty Images

November 29, 2023

Wayne Muller, Stellenbosch University

A new book explores how Cape Town became a hub for African opera.

Soprano Pretty Yende has been chosen to perform at the coronation of UK monarch King Charles III. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

February 23, 2023

Wayne Muller, Stellenbosch University

Performing at the coronation of King Charles III will be just one of many firsts for the activist soprano.

South African soprano Pretty Yende (L) & Mexican tenor Javier Camarena during a rehearsal of ‘I puritani’ in Spain, 2018. EPA-EFE/Quique Garcia

January 29, 2019

Wayne Muller, Stellenbosch University

Realism and addressing pressing contemporary South African societal issues have been the focus of local opera since 1995.