Listeners can now enjoy her radiant voice at home with her self-titled debut album, Masabane Cecilia.

Born in Lebowakgomo, near Polokwane, in 1993, Rangwanasha studied at the Tshwane University of Technology and University of Cape Town. She first drew international attention by winning the 2018 Unisa International Voice Competition, and by becoming the first African to win the Song Award at the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

Since then her star has continued to rise, and among many other distinguished prizes and honours she has sung prominent solo parts in the BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra, at the Washington National Opera and the Royal Opera in London. 

She has been cast in next season’s Turandot at that pinnacle of opera houses, the Metropolitan Opera in New York.