Meet WNO
Thando Mjandana
Overview
South African tenor Thando Mjandana is a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme 20th Anniversary Company at the Royal Opera House. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and the University of Cape Town Opera School. He reached the final of Guildhall’s Gold Medal Competition in May 2021. He has also won first and second prizes at the Amazwi Omzansi Africa Opera Competition.
Recent engagements: Nemorino The Elixir of Love (Waterperry Opera Festival); Odoardo Ariodante (Royal Opera House); Nelson/Crab Man Porgy and Bess (Dutch National Opera); Tamino The Magic Flute(Cape Town Opera); Don Basilio The Marriage of Figaro(Cape Town Opera).