South African tenor Wayne Mkhize is currently in his last year of completing the master’s degree program at SMU. He currently plays the Vain Man/Drunkard/Snake for The Dallas Opera Education Outreach Programs’ THE LITTLE PRINCE family production. Previous roles TDO Outreach roles have included Nemorino in The Elixir of Love (2022/2023) and Miguel in Offenbach’s Pépito (2024/2025). He has previously been a part-time Voice Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and he sings in the chorus for TDO’s 2026 DON CARLO production.