{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Soprano Pretty Yende's journey from rural South Africa to the top of the opera world","publication_date":"June 29, 2025","summary":"Growing up in South Africa, internationally celebrated opera singer Pretty Yende hadn’t even heard of opera until she was almost out of high school. Now, she’s hailed as one of her generation’s most accomplished coloratura sopranos. Ciaran Jenkins of Independent Television News reports.","author_name":"By Ciaran Jenkins, Independent Television News, Holly Snelling, Independent Television News","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/06\/1ee0582c16d69fb02bcbd96934527275-prettyyende-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}