Chuma Sijeqa was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. After completing his Postgrad, he went on to join Gauteng Opera in 2017, appearing in a wide range of productions and events, in roles including Gasparo in Donizetti’s Rita and Schaunard in La bohème. In 2018 he won Second Prize in the Voices of South Africa International Singing Competition and was invited to perform in Nice at Les Azuriales Opera Festival and won the Joseph Karaviotis Prize in the vocal competition.
He joined the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme as a Link Artist. In 2019 he performed Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro for the New Generation Festival. He completed a Masters at Guildhall School of Music under the vocal guidance of Gary Coward. Roles have included Father, The Prodigal Son by Debussy, Landlord Passion, Poison and Petrification by Bernard Shaw for Pegasus Opera, and Harašta The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Holland Park). He joined the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme 20th Anniversary Company where roles included Angelotti Tosca, Second Philistine Samson et Dalila and Second Nazarine Salome (ROH main stage). Chuma toured for Welsh National Opera as Speaker Die Zauberflöte and performed Woodcutter and Archivist for the Royal Opera’s Youth Opera Company production of The Sapling in the Linbury Theatre.
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