Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha

News Archive

A record of past news, performances, and milestones in Masabane’s career.

LONDON, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, December 2025

Christmas Message 2025

Masabane said: “I want to wish all my fans a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am so grateful for all your support and love. I am looking forward to 2026 and all the wonderful performances that await me. I am so blessed to have such wonderful fans and I am so grateful for all your support and love.”

Further travels await, in 2026 and 2027 with my little blessed family. I am blessed to have you support me, some dear friends came from Salzburg to New York. I thank you all for following my journey. May we all have peace in this World, with our love of music and performance.

G20 Summit Gala Concert, 2025

This has been a momentous season for Masabane so far, marked by several important debut and return performances. Rangwanasha made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Liù in Puccini’s Turandot, a role which she also reprised for the Royal Opera House. On the concert platform, she appeared in a special gala concert to mark the opening of the G20 summit, and made debuts with the LA Philharmonic in Mahler Symphony No.4 (cond. Elim Chan), the London Philharmonic in Vaughan Williams’s Sea Symphony (cond. Sir Mark Elder), and the Philharmonia Orchestra in Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder (cond. Thomas Søndergård), amongst others.

New York, Metropolitan Opera — October 2025

The Franco Zeffirelli production of “Turandot” at the Metropolitan Opera is iconic and a known quantity. In watching the Sept. 30, 2025 performance of the Puccini opera, I was reminded about its enduring power. A strong cast is exactly what the Met delivered on this occasion. The production remains an assault on the senses … “As Liù, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha delivered a gorgeous turn. “Ah, pietà!” featured a glorious, floated high B flat. Her final scene was nothing short of awe-inspiring with her declaration of “Principessa, l’amore” delicate and yet forceful. “Tanto amore, segreto e inconfessato” was delivered with soft tones, drawing the listener in. Here to, her high notes floated at the apex of the aria, the G on “del mio amore.” “Tu, che di gel sei cinta” was gentle but pointed and you could feel her voice growing stronger with each phrase, Rangwanasha expressing Liù’s determination and strength as the inevitability of her death approached. The F natural on “gliocchi per non vederlo più” got a hair-raising crescendo to close out the line.”

London, November 2025

In November, Masabane headed to the United States of America again, following her debut in the New York Met last October to fantastic reviews. She was so looking forward to Detroit: Masabane said “These performances will both mark my debut with Detroit Opera and my worldwide role debut as Floria Tosca. I am also looking forward to sharing the stage with tenor Nathan Granner as Mario Cavaradossi and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as the villainous Scarpia. It is very exciting.”