South African baritone Tshilidzi Ndou recently joined the Utah Opera Resident Artist Program, where he will appear in Donizetti’s La fille du régiment as the Corporal, in Verdi’s Rigoletto as Marullo, and as baritone soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Utah Symphony. Other roles performed include Count Almaviva from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Mr. Webb from Our Town (Ned Rorem), Luther Billis from South Pacific (Rodgers and Hammerstein), Guglielmo from Così fan tutte (Mozart), John Proctor from The Crucible (Robert Ward), and the baritone soloist from Requiem (Mozart). As a member of the Dallas Opera’s Educational Outreach program, he performed the Mayor in Doctor Miracle (Bizet) and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore (Donizetti). Tshilidzi was awarded First Prize in the Pre-Professional Division as well as receiving the Spiritual and Contemporary Art Song prizes in the 2022 George Shirley Vocal Competition. He was named District Winner and Western Region Encouragement Award Winner in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Other awards include First Place District Winner at the Mary E. Singletary NVAC, 2021; First Place at NATS National, 2020; and Second Place and the Legacy Award winner at the NOA 2022 Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition. He holds a B.A. degree in Vocal Performance; a Diploma in Music from North-West University, South Africa; and a Performer’s Diploma in Voice and Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University, where he studied with Professor Barbara Hill Moore.