Siphe Kwani

South African baritone Siphe Kwani's awards include First Prize and Audience Prize in the 2019 Schock Foundation Prize for singing and First Prize in the Friends of Cape Town Opera (FoCTO) bursary competition for singers (2022). 

Roles include Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) in a collaboration between the University of Cape Town and Cape Town Opera, Gianni Schicchi with the Operatunity Company, and, with University of Capetown Opera, Ferryman (Curlew River), Alexander Dunlop in the world premiere of Sarah Baartman by South African composer Hendrick Hofmeyr, Tarabotto ( L’Inganno felice), Lindorf/Dr Miracle (The Tales of Hoffmann) and Giorgio Germont (La traviata). He joined the Jette Parker Artists Programme in the 2024/25 Season, where his Royal Opera roles include Captain (Eugene Onegin) and Dancaïro (Carmen).