Comments on: Discovering South African Opera Singer Mthetho Maphoyi http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gwen Quinne http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi/comment-page-1/#comment-27392 Gwen Quinne Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=155152#comment-27392 Mthetho was "discovered" by a documentary called Being Pavarotti when he was 13 years old: http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/19586/afropop_ultimate/ep:103/episodes He is also one of the feature characters in The Creators documentary: South Africa through the Eyes of Its Artists: http://thecreatorsdocumentary.com/ Mthetho was “discovered” by a documentary called Being Pavarotti when he was 13 years old: http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/19586/afropop_ultimate/ep:103/episodes

He is also one of the feature characters in The Creators documentary: South Africa through the Eyes of Its Artists: http://thecreatorsdocumentary.com/

]]> By: laura gamse http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi/comment-page-1/#comment-27391 laura gamse Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=155152#comment-27391 Yeah Mthetho! Yeah Mthetho!

]]> By: Gwendoline Y. Fortune http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi/comment-page-1/#comment-27372 Gwendoline Y. Fortune Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=155152#comment-27372 His first notes sent the proverbial chills. Sadly, contemporary, untrained and experienced audiences do not know the difference between screaming at a football game, or knowing when the end of an air/aria is reached. I hope we hear much from this wonderful voice and man. His first notes sent the proverbial chills. Sadly, contemporary, untrained and experienced audiences do not know the difference between screaming at a football game, or knowing when the end of an air/aria is reached. I hope we hear much from this wonderful voice and man.

]]> By: 21zrill http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/south-africa-opera-mthetho-maphoyi/comment-page-1/#comment-27332 21zrill Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=155152#comment-27332 It ever seems to amaze and delight me when out of the maddness of this world something so unpreditable yet joyous appears and is noticed.  How the sorrow of a boy over his father's abandonment is transformed into something exquisite  We, none of  us, ever know when or where we might have dropped a seed along our way and it sprouted into beauty.  Z' Rill, Haverhill, MA USA It ever seems to amaze and delight me when out of the maddness of this world something so unpreditable yet joyous appears and is noticed.  How the sorrow of a boy over his father’s abandonment is transformed into something exquisite  We, none of  us, ever know when or where we might have dropped a seed along our way and it sprouted into beauty.  Z’ Rill, Haverhill, MA USA

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