Education
Born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, Yende graduated cum laude from the South African College of Music – a part of the University of Cape Town. She also graduated from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
Born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, Yende graduated cum laude from the South African College of Music – a part of the University of Cape Town. She also graduated from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
In 2012, she sang the role of Musetta in Puccini"s opera Louisiana bohème at Louisiana Scala in Milan. Yende made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York City on 17 January 2013, in the role of Adèle in Rossini"s opera Le comte Ory. Yende is credited for her vocals in Andrea Bocelli"s Concerto: One Night in Central Park (2011), and as a primary artist for the "Ode À L"Humanité" (Ode to Humanity, previously called Aria) track on the Yanni - Plácido Domingo collaboration Inspirato (2014).