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Sep 2019
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At the Opéra with Pretty Yende — CHANEL ...

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She is one of the most brilliant opera singers of her generation. She mastered the Bel Canto before being dubbed a diva after she sang Rossini. In a new episode of the 3.55 podcast CHANEL at the Opera, the South-African opera singer Pretty Yende talks with French journalist and writer Virginie Mouzat. She tells the challenges of singing La Traviata for the f ... Show More
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