'The little girl from Piet Retief making history': SA's Pretty Yende on performing at Charles' coronation

INTERVIEW: Pretty Yende

I can see it now. The year is 2001. A teenage Pretty Yende is hauled up on the couch at home, perhaps by the fireplace, as the family spends time together, like they usually do after dinner every night.

Isidingo, or is it Generations – the local soap she's watching – cuts to a British Airways ad, and that's it – that's the moment she hears Lakmé for the very first time.