Johan Botha, a South African tenor known to patrons of the world’s most prestigious opera houses for the unusual combination of dramatic force and lyrical grace that he brought to a seemingly ...

VIENNA — Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world’s top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.

Johan Botha was one of the great tenors of the early 21st Century. He died September 8 in Vienna at the age of 51. The cause has not been made official, but it is known that Mr. Botha was treated ...

Acclaimed South African heldentenor Johan Botha died Thursday morning in Vienna after a critical battle with cancer. He was 51. Known for his fluid musicality and gargantuan tenor sound, Botha’s ...

Vienna, Sep 8 (EFE). — The tenor Johan Botha died of a serious illness at 51 years old on Thursday, announced the Vienna State Opera.Botha’s health problems forced him to can… ...

VIENNA (AP) — Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world’s top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.Whereas many ...

NEW YORK — Johan Botha, the South African tenor whose bronzed voice sailed with ease through some of the most difficult roles in opera over the last two decades, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.

Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world's top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.

VIENNA (AP) — Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world’s top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.

The Royal Opera House called Botha "A true Wagnerian tenor." Botha was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. He made his stage debut at the municipal theatre in Roodepoort as Max in Der Freischütz in ...

VIENNA – Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world’s top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. He was 51.

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2004 file photo South African tenor Johan Botha sings the role of Calaf during a dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.