Luvo Maranti (tenor)

Singer

A native of Port Elizabeth, tenor Luvo grew up in a musical family, singing in the choir at the Old Apostolic Church, under the baton of his father, a conductor and composer of gospel music, just like his grandfather. Luvo first obtained a degree in Human Resources from the University of Fort Hare and, while doing his internship at Abagold in Hermanus, took part in a FynArts operatic masterclass organised by the late baritone and UCT Opera School acting-director, George Stevens.

Inspired by Stevens’ work and encouragement, Luvo subsequently enrolled for an Opera Diploma at the South African College of Music of the University of Cape Town, which he completed in 2023, under the guidance of his voice teacher, Violina Anguelov-Hobbs, and Prof. Jeremy Silver, the director of the Opera School.

Since the start of his studies at UCT, Luvo has appeared in several of the Opera School’s co-productions with Cape Town Opera, including the roles of Tebaldo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Hendrik Cesars in Hendrik Hofmeyr’s Sara Baartman. In 2022 Luvo attended the prestigious International Lyric Academy in Vicenza, Italy. There, he was selected to sing the role of Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. In 2023 was invited to sing the title role of Hoffmann in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann for the International Lyric Academy in North Carolina, USA, a role he later reprised in the Opera UCT production in Cape Town.