Siphokazi Molteno - Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville (CSOTW, 18th June 2023)

Siphokazi Molteno performing "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville during the 2023 Cardiff Singer Of The World Main Prize Final.
The South African mezzo started out at Cape Town Opera, singing Dorabella (Così fan tutte) (among others), for which she won Fleur Du Cap’s Best Performance in an Opera (Female) Award in both 2020 and 2022. During the 2021/22 season, Siphokazi sang Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at Saratoga Opera and was the mezzo-soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 with Camerata Notturna. She will be making her Met debut as Flora (La traviata) in 2022/23.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Michael Christie
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[@hectorrivera2785]

The conductor and I holding our breath 😂 that was really beautiful

[@princess.cherrycupcake8543]

I completely enjoyed how she characterized Rosina, wonderful

[@mariateresaschniebs4929]

Maravillosa!!! Bello timbre, expresividad y afinación 👏👏👏

[@usabelowakwasimelane4632]

Absolutely beautiful ❤

[@tsepom455]

Wonderful Siphokazi!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@michelepriori737]

Meravigliosa 🤩🤩🤩 la mia Rosina preferita!

[@philnasmith9755]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@jjlungdoc7472]

Bravissima!

[@vusumzisojada3454]

OUR BELOVED KASI GIRL FROM MDANTSANE WOW FROM ULWAZI HIGH SCHOOL.

[@obuaikechukwu5333]

Bravissimo

[@corneliusbates460]

How did she not placein the top 3?

[@empress_g.r9681]

🇿🇦❣️🇿🇦❣️🇿🇦

[@SoLNaTaL555]

Wow! What a risky performance... Very different. She said, screw tradition, let me spice it up! Time for change please... It sure is time, opera standard repertoire is becoming annoyingly stagnant.

[@smurf902]

She has no lower voice whatsoever. It's inaudible even with the mic picking it up. She's a soprano simply darkening.

[@SuperMelvyn]

A real winner of a performance, especially after she had given such superb demonstrations of inner and serious feeling.

[@Bonginhlanhla]

God arrived in South Africa and said to His people: "I shall allow you to sing, sing you will!"

[@Yves_Ka]

WOW! That was probably THE best sung aria in the competition

[@joandebruin3847]

Wishing Siphokazi a successful singing career

[@Anigmama]

Gave me goosebumps and moved me to tears of joy! She looked and sounded as though she enjoyed every note and the orchestra felt it too!

[@turbosport]

unbelievable goosebumps she gave me..

[@mirjamdevries9376]

Strepitoso l'acuto finale ! Brava, bella voce!🎉

[@rhiannonlight7448]

She is wonderful!!

[@thabo-906]

The conductor really had fun

[@smtaz7631]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Simply beautiful! Thank you.

[@KmarJribi]

Bro that was so beautiful to the point that it had me crying.

[@КапитанПантоха]

She has a great natural voice but lacking high quality singing skills and singing technique

[@BayouRoad]

What interesting coloratura interpretation!

[@nkcubekohani5146]

Oh my god??! She ate

[@rohansinterlude]

looks like cheon seojin has competition

[@normanzurich2781]

Elle a des bras comme mes cuisses 😮

[@leandroabreuofficial]

Maravilhosa!

[@jetfire67]

Well recorded, yet the trills don't register well. Good performance, though.

[@amiciopera]

She knows her stuff. She was able to make changes and in total control of the orchestra. Brava. I see a contralto with reasonable upper range

[@bresalazar9429]

hermoso... sublime!

[@sempre_aria]

So awesome

[@GennyCardozo]

Amazing ❤️❤️❤️

[@gerardbellanger563]

Belle interprétation. Le final est assez impressionnant. Bravo Siphokazi et bonne continuation. ❤❤❤.

[@pierrenwachock6955]

Super ❤

[@MyLady120]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌹🌹🌹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@calebnathi8241]

Yo! Yo! Yo!!!!!!.......AMazing Amazing

[@CherryBlossomskt]

Nice 👍🏾

[@ronalddade3017]

GLORIOUS!!!

[@carlmcclain6934]

Wow! My chill bumps had chill bumps the way she held out on that last note!