Before KLCO was KLCO, we were formally known as The Eat, Sing & Travel People company, and our very first production was Carmen in Blackbox, MAP KL Publika in 2013! Now in 2022 after another decade, under KL City Opera which was incorporated in 2015, we bring back Carmen again for your enjoyment, and this time, even better than before.
A Grand Night of Opera
“A Grand Night of Opera” was also originally planned as a 2021 new year concert that we are very blessed to be able to stage highlights of popular arias and duets from operas we have staged before. What we have done differently this time is to feature different principal artistes presenting the arias to add more colour and flavour to the performance. Both our Principal Artistes and the Artistic Committee Members were thrilled and excited to bring together some opera favourites for our beloved audience.
La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc
When resident conductor Dr. Juan Montoya proposed the idea of staging Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine in late 2019, the KLCO Artistic Committee immediately said yes to it. We are very grateful that we still persisted in producing this opera despite several postponements due to the several Movement Control Orders that we had to comply with. Revisiting the work again after leaving it several months gave a fresh perspective to the cast, creative and production team members. Mezzo-soprano YiLing Chaing who is no stranger to opera scenes in Malaysia rose to the challenge to perform the role of Elle with music and piano accompaniment by Dr. Juan Montoya.