Driven by the socio-political changes in South Africa after the fall of apartheid in the 1990s, the performance of new operas by local composers played a significant role in portraying the socio-political and cultural transformation of South African society. Initially viewed as a “white,” elitist art form and a remnant of colonialism, Muller interrogates in this chapter how opera had become politically employed to foster a new post-apartheid democratic South African nationhood. In representing and portraying the country’s transformation, blackness on the operatic stage—as the inclusion of “new voices, narratives, and experiences,” as framed by Naomi André—has been a major driver in showcasing how opera and the arts in general in South Africa have transformed through conveying indigenous narratives and sounding diverse musical traditions and styles.