Гивън Нкози

Given Nkosi sang with the Sofia Philharmonic in the gala that closed Raina Kabaivanska's masterclass in Sofia on 27 September 2007, an evening he shared with Javor Genchev, Ariana Donadelli, Natalia Gospodinova and Diana Vasileva. The tenor comes from Witbank in Mpumalanga and completed a postgraduate diploma in opera performance at the South African College of Music in Cape Town in 2009, entering Cape Town Opera's young artist programme the following year and later working with the Israeli Opera on an exchange. Ferrando, Ruggero, Edgardo, the Duke of Mantua and Werther are among his roles.