Siphiwo Ntshebe found his voice at a very young age. When he sang in church as a little boy of five, Siphiwo was amazed by the sound of his voice resonating throughout the building and realised it was a gift from above. And so Siphiwo sang tributes to God in the church choir. From singing in the church where his father was a preacher, Siphiwo grew to love another musical genre when he saw Mario Lanza on television. Siphiwo knew that this was his calling - the grand stage of the opera.

The young boy from New Brighton, a township in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, was determined to realise this wish. Siphiwo would not let poverty block his path to the big stage. He would use his voice to make the world listen.

Thirty-three-year-old Siphiwo has a voice that is remarkably reminiscent of Pavarotti, who was an inspiration. The South African tenor performed ‘Nessun Dorma', a song the late Italian tenor was renowned for, at the ComCelebrate! concert. Siphiwo also performed arias by Puccini and Verdi. His repertoire ranges from Mozart to Bizet and Rossini to Tchaikovsky.