Increasingly sought after as a performer in recital and opera, tenor Lunga Eric Hallam is a current ensemble member of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago. He hails from Khayelitsha, South Africa, where he founded a nonprofit organization called Phenomenal Opera Voices. At the University of Cape Town College of Music, he received his diploma and postgraduate (with honors) degrees in music training.