Resident Artists
Musa Ngqungwana, bass-baritone
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Education: B.M. Honors in Performance, Performer's Diploma in Opera, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town.
Competitions: Regional Finalist and Encourament Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Middle Atlantic), 2012; Finalist and awarded the prize of "Die Zeit" on the 29th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna, 2010; Winner for the role of Ping, International Turandot Competition (organized by the International Institute for Opera and Poetry), 2009; Schock Prize for Singing, 2007.
Roles at AVA: title role, Oberto; Lindorf, Copéllius, Dr. Miracle and Dapertutto, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Leporello and Commendatore, Don Giovanni; Count Waldner, Arabella; Talpa, Il tabarro.
Other Roles: Zuniga, Carmen; Lorenzo, I Caputleti e i Montecchi; Crested Butte Music Festival; Antonio, Le nozze di Figaro, Baxter Theatre; L'hotelier, Manon, ArtsCape Opera House; Leporello, Don Giovanni, Baxter Theatre; Ping, Turandot, Teatro Filarmonico; Dr. Dulcamara, L'elisir d'amore, Baxter Theatre; Priest, The Cunning Little Vixen, ArtsCape Theatre; Don Profondo, Il Viaggio a Reims; Lorenzo, Le nozze di Figaro, Baxter Theatre.
