Kamohelo’s time at the Studio is supported by a Glyndebourne New Generation Programme Young Artist Development Award, and by Les Azuriales Opera.
Kamohelo Tsotetsi was born in Free State, South Africa. He graduated with Diploma in Music, majoring in opera singing at the North West University in Potchefstroom Campus (South Africa), under Professor Cupido Conroy.
He has carried out significant roles in works such as Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Die Schöpfung by Joseph Haydn.
He has participated in masterclasses from internationally acclaimed musicians including Prof. Kobie Van Rensburg, Prof. Kamal Khan, Brindley Sherratt and Barbara Hill Moore.
In 2016, he was one of the semi-finalist of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and finalist of ATKV-Muziqanto Singing Competition in 2017. He won the the Voices of South Africa National Opera Singing Competition (Grand Finale) in 2020.
Kamohelo is a 2021/22 Young Artist at the National Opera Studio and is also supported by the Drake Calleja Trust and Les Azuriales Studio.
Updated January 2022. This biography should not be reproduced without asking permission from the National Opera Studio.