Lehobye Goitsemang

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT LEHOBYE GOITSEMANG

Goitsemang Lehobye was born in Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa and first heard opera performed during a television broadcast featuring the South African Black Tie Opera Ensemble. After finishing school she followed her dream by joining the Black Tie Ensemble\'s “Incubator” Scheme where she began learning the tools of the trade of being an opera singer. She worked her way from chorus member to ensemble and solo work and performed in a number of opera productions. In 2011 Goitsemang won a scholarship to study singing with Hanna van Niekerk, Angelo Gobbato and Prof Kamal Khan at the University of Cape Town’s College of Music. Productions include La Boheme, Postcards from Morocco, Don Giovanni, Carmen and culminated in her singing the role of Violetta in the joint UCT/Cape Town Opera production of La Traviata to great acclaim. She was invited as guest soloist in opera galas featuring Johan Botha and Neil Schicoff; and often performed as soloist with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Goitsemang moved to the USA at the beginning of 2017 to continue her studies at the University of Michigan with Daniel Washington. Performances includes operas at the University and works with acclaimed orchestras around the world.