"The young South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu is already entering the international spotlight with her shimmering vocal quality and technique, boundless musicality, and authentic stage presence. In 2019, she was awarded the prestigious John Christie Award at the Glyndebourne Festival, and she is also a recent prizewinner at the Operalia Competition and the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.

South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu’s engagements this season include her return to the Bayersiche Staatsoper as Micaela Carmen conducted by Daniele Rustioni; Norina Don Pasquale for the Opéra national de Lorraine; Lauretta in Ersan Mondtag’s new production of Gianni Schicci conducted by Michele Mariotti for the Teatro dell’Opera de Roma; Violetta La traviata for Pittsburgh Opera and the National Theatre, Prague and Lauretta in Sir David McVicar’s new production of Il trittico for Welsh National Opera

In the 2022/23 season Vuvu made her debut at Seattle Opera as Violetta La traviata; at Dutch National Opera in the European Premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s Blue; at Staatsoper Stuttgart as Pamina Die Zauberflöte; at Welsh National Opera as Cunegonde Candide and at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as First Nymph in a new production of Rusalka conducted by Semyon Bychkov."