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“a chilling refinement in bearing and voice”

-Opera Wire

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Eswatini-born Southern African baritone Thandolwethu Mamba continues to establish himself on opera and concert stages and has been described as “possessing an extraordinary capacity for timbral flexibility which he exploits with artistic maturity and musical tact” (Classical Voice of North Carolina).

Recent engagements include his Metropolitan Opera debut in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and performances with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Opera Orlando, Opera Wilmington, and Florida Grand Opera.  His creation of the role of Don Calogero Sedàra in the Frost Opera Theater premiere of Michael Dellaria's The Leopard has been released on Naxos Records' American Opera Classics.

Mamba is a Washington National Opera  Cafritz Young Artist for the 2025-26 season.  Thando, as he is more commonly known, is committed to developing the growth of Opera as a celebrated and sustainable art form in his home country and the continent of Africa at large.

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Upcoming Events

  • Businessman | The Little Prince
    Businessman | The Little Prince
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Dec 12
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center
    Dec 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
    Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman’s opera based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le petit Prince returns for all ages! The beloved story comes to life with “spirited doses of stage humor for the kids and nostalgia-tinged arias for the adults” (Washington Classical Review).
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  • George | Mickey Dee and the Solar Eclipse (American Opera Initiative)
    George | Mickey Dee and the Solar Eclipse (American Opera Initiative)
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Jan 24
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center
    Jan 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
    Strangers at a fast-food restaurant wait for a solar eclipse. The customers, a single mother with her daughter and a UPS driver, have forgotten how to look up. When the eclipse arrives, the spectacle of the universe amplifies possibilities for a quintet of working people seeking more.
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  • Marcello | La Bohème (ASO: Beethoven & Bohème)
    Marcello | La Bohème (ASO: Beethoven & Bohème)
    Sat, Feb 14
    Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center
    Feb 14, 2026, 7:30 PM EST
    Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center, 4915 E Campus Dr, Alexandria, VA 22311, USA
    James Ross, conductor Singers from the Cafritz Opera Program
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  • Marcello | La Bohème (ASO: Beethoven & Bohème)
    Marcello | La Bohème (ASO: Beethoven & Bohème)
    Sun, Feb 15
    George Washington Masonic Memorial
    Feb 15, 2026, 3:00 PM EST
    George Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Dr, Alexandria, VA 22301, USA
    James Ross, conductor Singers from the Cafritz Opera Program
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  • Simon | Treemonisha
    Simon | Treemonisha
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Mar 12
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center
    Mar 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
    Washington National Opera Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
    Damien Sneed and Kyle Bass bring Scott Joplin’s “forgotten opera” into a new era.
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