Johan Botha is a South African operatic tenor. Botha was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. He made his stage debut at the municipal theatre in Roodepoort as Max in Der Freisch�tz in 1989. His international breakthrough occurred in 1993 at the Op�ra de la Bastille as Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Since then he has performed at leading opera venues around the world such as the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera which made him a Kammers�nger in 2003, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House, La Scala, and the Salzburg Festival. He currently lives in Vienna, Austria. 

August 19th, 1965 in Rustenburg  /  Died:   Sep 8th, 2016 - aged 51