Sibongile Mngoma (Bess), soprano, was born in South Africa. She performed Mimi in La bohème (Puccini), Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Micaela in Carmen (Bizet), Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Mozart), Leonore in Fidelio (Beethoven), Cindy Lou in Carmen Jones (Bizet) and Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart). This is her Israeli Opera debut.