South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3273273/how-south-african-opera-has-boomed-apartheids-end-and-developed-its-own-style
Post-apartheid South Africa’s opera boom and how it came about
Opera’s popularity has soared in South Africa since the end of apartheid, with the Cape Town Opera driving much of its development and stars like Pretty Yende and Levy Sekgapane shining abroad.