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Masimba Ushe
Primary Skill:
Bass
Nationality:
British, Zimbabwean
Country:
United Kingdom
Languages (fluent):
English
Opera
Operetta/G&S
Musical Theatre
Oratorio/Concerts
Other
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
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Masimba Ushe holds a Masters’ degree in Vocal Studies from the Royal Academy of Music.
He has performed various roles including Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Colline (La Boheme), Alcade (La Forza del Destino), The Keeper of the Madhouse (The Rake’s Progress), Lorenzo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) and Superintendent Budd (Albert Herring).
He has been bass chorus in Porgy and Bess (Grange Park Opera), Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe and Utopia Limited (National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), Acis and Galatea (Opera Holland Park) Kurt Weill’s Love Life (Opera North), Manon Lescaut, The Rake’s Progress, Il Viaggio a Reims covering Don Prudenzio, Lucrezia Borgia covering Gubetta, (English Touring Opera). He was the Muddier in The Wish Gatherer and Benjamin Disraeli in The Great Stink. In 2023 he was an Opera Up Close Associate Artist covering Captain Dee in The Flying Dutchman.
He was part of the Pegasus Mentoring Programme 2023/2024 in partnership with Glyndebourne and as a 2024 Opera Holland Park Young Artist performed the role of Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
He has recently been singing Somnus in Handel’s Semele at the 2025 Waterperry Opera Festival.
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